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Orono Weekly Times, 20 Dec 1995, Rodeo News, p. 07

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Event #4 - Team Roping IN TEAM ROPING, WATCH BOTH ROPERS - THEY HAVE TO CATCH THE HORNS AND THE HEELS This is the only event in rodeo where two contestants perform at the same time. This is a timed event. A race against the clock. The contestant on the right, as you look at the roping box, is usually the header. It is their job to rope the ani- mal around the horns, neck or half a head as it runs down the arena. The contestant on the left is the heeler. Their job is to rope the two hind legs of the animal as the header pulls the animal across the arena. There are penalties assessed to the header if the rope figure eights around the horns or head. The judge will award a no time. The header also has the barrier which is pulled across front of the box. If the header comes too early and breaks it there is a ten second penalty added to their time. If the heeler only ropes one hind leg, there will be a five second penalty added to their time. ADDED MONEY - The total prize money in any event is made up of the entry fees paid by the contestants and the additional purse put up by the rodeo committee, which is called added money. When an event is can- celled for lack of enough entries, the added money for the cancelled event is shared among the other events. AVERAGE - Contestants in rodeos with more than one go-round are paid off in prize money for the best ride or time in each go-round and for the best average of all the go-rounds. The winner of the average is the winner of that event at the rodeo. BARRIER - A rope stretched across the front end of the box from which the roper's or dogger's horse comes when the barrier flagman drops the flag. According to arena conditions, the stock is given a pre-determined head start, or score, marked by a scoreline. BREAKING THE BARRIER - If the contestant rides through or breaks the barrier before it is released, a penalty of ten seconds is added to his time. DAY MONEY - The anount of prize money paid to the winners of each go-round. ENTRY FEE - The money paid by a contestant to the rodeo secre- tary before he or she can enter an event or rodeo. The size of the fÈe varies with the amount of the c rodeo purse, ranging from $30. at the smallest rodeos to a maximum of $100. Contestants must pay a separate entry fÈe for every event in which thcy compete. FISHING - A common expression Zeler used in rodeo when the roper has thrown at the animal but has new r missed, and then by accident or by flipping the rope turns it into a le-serv gal catch. FLANK STRAP - A sheepskin- lined strap with a self-holding Con buckle passed around the flank of the bronc or brahma bull that is the co pulled tight as the animal leaves the chute. In an effort to shake off the flank strap, the animal bucks higher and harder. For k GO-ROUND - That part of the rodeo that allows each contestant to compete on one head of stock. The number of go-rounds in a rodeo may vary from one in a smaller one-day contest to as many as seven or more in the larger rodeos. S'es.CL GROUND MONEY - When all contestants in an event fail to qualify so that no one wins, the purse and entry fees for the event are split equally among all. HAZER - A cowboy who rides along beside a steer on the opposite side from the steer wrestler to keep the steer from running away from the wrestler's horse. HOOEY - A single wrap around any three feet and a half-hitch used in calf roping as opposed to the usual method of two wraps and a half-hitch. A hooey is used to save time , but is not as reliable and a calf may get free, resulting in a "no-time" call. JACK POT - An event for which no purse is put up by the rodeo. Winners split all or part of the entry fees. LAP AND TAP - A lap and tap start occurs when the steer or calf is released from the chute without a head start on the roper or wrestler. Lap and tap starts are more frequently scen in indoor arenas where there is not roon to give the stock a long score. MOUNT MONEY - Mount money is paid when some- one is riding, roping or bull-dogging as an exhibition at the rodeo and not for competition. NO TIME - When a flag fieldman waves 'No Time' it means that the contestant has not caught or thrown an animal properly and receives no time on that animal in that go-round. He is still entitled to compete in the next go-round. PIGGING STRING - A short piece of soft rope by which a roper tics together the feet of a roped calf or steer. PULLING LEATHER - When a bronc rider holds on to the horn or any part of the saddle, he is said to be pulling leather. Pulling leather disqualifies a saddle bronc rider if it is donc before a ride is completed. RE-RIDES - Another ride given to a bronc or bull rider in the same go-roun-when the first ride is unsatisfacto- ry for any of several reasons not the riders fault. 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