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I lady Cowboy' Enters Hall of Fame PAGE 17 -PLAINDEALER- WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 14. 1M3 By CHIP WARREN Ik AriMM Daily Star TUCSON, Arl«. (AP) -- For almost ail of her 81 years. Alice Greenoogh Orr has lived by a ^^never^smoked. I never drsnk. I never swore. I was - you ought to conduct yourself Uke s lady," she says. Yet some might see the way Mrs. Orr made her living as unladylike: performing hand­ stands and csrtwheels from the hurled from the saddles of buck­ ing steers, biting the dirt in Mrgrounds and bullrings around the world. "I've done it all," she says. "I've been a producer, a relay rider. I rode bulls, I rode broncs, I trick rode. They used to call me 'The Queen of the Bronc Riders. Mrs. Orr has lust been in­ ducted into the rodeo division of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, an honor previously bestowed on on­ ly air women, three of them posthumously. Installed at the same time were her sister, Margie, also of Tucson, and hsr brother, Turk, of Las Vegas, Nev. -- two other members of the five-sibling group that was once known as 'T'he Riding Greenoughs." Mrs. Orr's qualifications include four ; world broncriding titles and .assorted awsrds from abroad. 'I probably won as much as business," she recent interview. "I i rode a lot of horses and traveled *m»nv many miles to different i this is something I jartoi^ child of "Pack Sad- jJJ* Greenou^i, who "won the first bronofldiM contest held in the state in 1896* Very early, «he said, she became so at home with hones that for three years durina World War I, she be- qu^y substituted for her father on his 37-mile mail route out of Billings, Mont. In 1&28, after besting most of the other local women in various equertrian events, Mrs. Orr she and Mi for women H| King Brothers Rodeo, a national touring six-month excursion thai iyed 81 dtfes. IHtf required ' not onbr how to ride opposed to steers, bat msntofthsi said. But several years after she on me rodeo circuit, partly because of tbs need to cut sn events, Mrs. Orr sakL tranmortation eipeness durhw Margie answered an ad World War II. Another factor ten's bronc riders in the was the rash of serious injuries caused by the event--somstUng Mrs. Orr said she was able to avoid throughout her rProer her sister and the troupe behind with the erceptien of a broken because, she said, she grew tired leg. of the Wild West show at- . *1 KrotD. Within a year, Mrs. Orr elected to leave mosphere that emphasised entertainment over competition. From then on, she roamed the globe for more than a decade in quest of the top prizes available to women in rodeo. The well- oiled, ornate saddles kept under lock and key, along with a collec­ tion of trophies spread about her house, bear witness to the inter- had ribe brohs and flnfers broke, bat that me," she said. did slop With competition thus cuftaO- Mrs. Orr decided In IMS to the other side of the rodeo andcon- forcee m, Joe Orr, to create the Greenough-Orr Rodeo. The pair "started from business --ntwiuriM an trading -- aoshejofoed with a^good friend," Joe < rode a lot of ; many, many n • countries, so til j feel to Those travels, Mrs. Orr said, in the small town of Red , Mont., where she was the City in 1940. Equally valued are the mementos from ner victories at the 1936 and 1998 Royal Easter Show in Sydney, Australia. Occasionally, she said, she did deviate from her pursuit of prestige to go on promotional junkets, when they of­ fered chances for adventure. Once she was chosen as the woman to appear with a rodeo Kthat Journeyed to Mexico or three months -- a tour I as "introducing the American cowgirl to Latin America." 'r She was subsequently invited her tnck-rir chutes Margie end, from time to time, Turk -- to keep the show touring until 1867. When finally they sold out. both partners eventually gravitated to Tuscan and, in 1887, one another, married. agreed to ge bronchi -riding and talents in Spain on "He waa out of the business and I was out of the rodeo business, and we decided that if we were going to be friends all oar life, it was pro­ bably time to start a home, "she said. Her husband died in 1878. Many Books Available for Holidays By PHIL THOMAS AP Books Editor • NEW YORK (AP) - Books ere a pleasant way with which to obeer»e the approaching gift- living season. They are attractive, infor­ mative and available in seeming­ ly endless variety, thanks to the late year flood or titles issued by the publishing industry to meet the holiday demand. Coming in all shspes and sixes, many of the books are beautiful­ ly illustrated, and they deal with 8 wide range of subjects. Some of the many titles st hand are mentioned below. - Art books, for example, pro­ liferate at this time of year and here are many, msny handsome titles to select among. ' An impressive offering in this category comes from Abrams, which specialises in art books. It's "Monet," by Robert Gordon snd Andrew Forge. A biography of the French artist and a study of his work, the large volume contains 966 illustrations, 126 of them in full color. Another handsome offering is Putnam's "Fashion Drawing in Vogue," by William Packer It's an out-sixe book and full of. beautiful illustrations. 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