Cowboy Park. Steer-Roping Contests On The Border

JOHN O BAXTER

Publication: Texas Tech University Press, 2008, Lubbock

First edition. Orange cloth with title stamped in black on spine, xxvii, 236 p.p., contents, illustrations, foreword, preface, introduction, notes, bibliography, index. Foreword by Richard W. Slatta. A century ago, when Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona outlawed steer roping contests, there was only one place a southwestern roper could go to hone his skills: Cowboy Park in Juárez, Mexico. Cowboy Park promoted the sport of steer roping and provided a ready training ground for up-and-coming champions. From its inception Cowboy Park kept the sport alive. Baxter documents the history of Cowboy Park and offers several photographs. Information offered on Guy Weadick, Zack and Lucille Mulhall, Bill Pickett, Will Rogers, Fog Horn Clancy, Guy Allen, Dan Patch, and Calgary, Pendleton, and Cheyenne, along with many all but forgotten ropers and rodeos. Fine in dust jacket.

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