European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 09, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Moo Ozine Days Yort Titt David Cupp 12my Cheyenne s Frontier Days differ from everyone else s civic Rodeo and whoopee just because its Well the daddy of Emall i by Molly Ivins new York times n Cheyenne they wound up the 82nd annual he other Day and if you Are from Wyoming you Don t have to ask the 82nd annual what Frontier Days is a giant 10-Day to fend drunk the daddy of pm  during Frontier Days. Cheyenne s popu anon doubles and its business triples. More than  cowboys competed for the prize Money this year and that s More win you la find Al the Calgary Stampede or the Houston a Stock show. Cheyenne s Frontier Days differ from everyone else s civic Rodeo and  because its Well the f Emall. The original hard Luck ranch. Slid onto a bar Stool in a downtown bar and gave his order. Ill have a double Mogen David on the rocks he said. The glory event As perceived by the fans in Cheyenne is Bull Riding which is. Accord ing to a recent poll taken by the National sportswriters association the most dangerous sport in America. But according to some cowboys bareback bronc Riding is actually a More punishing event in terms of things like torn shoulders and elbows pulled out or whack the Superior claim to danger of the Bull rider comes from what happens after a Cowboy Falls off. As a Rule the horse tramples the fallen accidentally while a Bull does it on Pur pose and with venom. Two cowboys in one Bull Riding event had to be carried out on stretchers and it offers some o the wildest and rough est Rodeo anywhere including such crazy bunt events As Chuck Wagon races and Ilu horse races ii is also widely believed throughout the nest that both tans and participants set world records for liquor . Some of the folks who came to Frontier a Are tourists from the Middle East ome were College kids from around Ujj Rockies who consider Frontier Days letter than a Bash at the Kappa Sig House. But a lot More Are genuine ranchers and Juno is. One fellow with a passing reset � to Gary Cooper was actually heard serve Well. I la be  i course appearances can be deep we one grizzled old cowpoke. Who looked though he d spent the last 30 years i Uler prospecting unsuccessfully or working Cheyenne revellers claim world records for liquor consumption. Mike dowdy who was repeatedly Tram pled not just stepped on but jumped on by a berserk Bull was taken off in an ambulance these Days there is so much specialization on the professional Rodeo cowboys association circuit that there has come to be a noticeable split Between the time even contestants and the riders. The timed events include roping and steer and calf wrestling the latter two re Quiring considerable heft. Most riders on the other hand Are wiry. It s the differ ence Between muscle and  said a representative of the cowboys association the ropers tend to do the most Cus sing since roping is almost As flukey a snort As Golf. Just getting a calf roped and Down is no guarantee that it will politely hold three of its legs together for tying up. One Roper got so mad at his horse the horse has to work independently to keep the calf Down backing up to keep a con Stant Strain on the rope i that he picked up a chunk of dirt and threw it at the horse. One Bull rider. Barney Brehmer got on a Cream coloured Brahma Bull known As k-3. That promptly went into a terrific spin. Brehmer stayed on him and scored an 89 out of a possible 100 for the ride. Any score Over 80 is quite rare. Brehmer 27, originally from Iowa but now of Claremont. Calif., has been on the orca circuit since 1970. I be had a Cou ple of 88 s before but this is my first 89. And what a place to do it he said. Looking around Frontier Days. He said his chief ambition after the ride was to get into a hot tub wednesday August 9, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 13