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She is the first woman from Evanston to be named Miss Rodeo Wyoming, and one of very few from the southwest corner of the state, said Miss Rodeo Wyoming National Director Crystal Myers. Beth Wood photo
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HAYDUK FIRST MISS RODEO WYOMING FROM EVANSTON By Bethany Lange Herald Reporter
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vanston native Abby Hayduk was named Miss Rodeo Wyoming on Monday, Aug. 15, after four days of competitions. With this title, Hayduk will be the 2017 Wyoming representative for rodeo in the United States. She is the first woman from Evanston to be named Miss Rodeo Wyoming, and one of very few from the southwest corner of the state, said Miss Rodeo Wyoming National Director Crystal Myers. Myers said Hayduk’s duties will include traveling more than 30,000 miles total to what is estimated to be more than 20 rodeos in Wyoming and in surrounding states, but sometimes as far as Florida or Washington. The competition, which started in 1955, revolves around three major categories: personality, horsemanship and appearance. “The girls have two rounds of horsemanship, they have personal interviews and horsemanship interviews and they have an extemporaneous speech as well as impromptu questions that they answer during the contest,” Myers said. “It was a fast and furious few days to get through the pageant,” Hayduk said. Hayduk won the Personality Award and the Horsemanship Award, which both counted toward her final score. She also won the Knowledge Award, which did not count toward the total points judged for the title. Myers said the Knowledge Award is given based on a test the contestants take to demonstrate their knowledge about equine and rodeo. However, Hayduk said what she truly took from the competition was the friendships she developed with the other contestants and with the association members. “The title will last a year; they will be in my life forever,” Hayduk said.
She began her involvement in rodeo queen contests in 2013, and the dream has only grown as she began winning competitions and as she has continued to pursue this path. She has been Evanston Cowboy Days Queen for two years, and becoming Miss Rodeo Wyoming is only her third time with a rodeo queen title — an impressive accomplishment. Hayduk said she may not have had this dream for long, but it is now a huge part of her life. She said her training has included a lot of knowledge development, especially about rodeo, although she has also had other coaches who helped her in areas such as modeling and the speech portions of the competition. Hayduk thanked her sponsors, friends and family for helping her get this far and for supporting her throughout the journey, and she also said she couldn’t have done this without her coaches. As the state titleholder, Hayduk will be eligible for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compete for Miss Rodeo America in December of 2017 in Las Vegas. Myers said Miss Rodeo America is the top achievement, and about 30 states participate. The winner of the Miss Rodeo America competition travels all over the United States and sometimes internationally to represent the sport of rodeo. “I think that she will be a great representative to the ... state of Wyoming,” Myers said. “She was very professional and very knowledgeable during the contest, and we just look forward to working with her for the next year.” “I couldn’t be happier to do this,” Hayduk said, adding that the entire experience has been amazing and memorable. Hayduk has not just been involved in pageants; she will also finish her third degree this year at Central Wyoming College, although she will need to take a year off to perform her duties as Miss Rodeo Wyoming.
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Hayduk won the Personality Award and the Horsemanship Award, which both counted toward her final score. She also won the Knowledge Award, which did not count toward the total points judged for the title. Myers said the Knowledge Award is given based on a test the contestants take to demonstrate their knowledge about equine and rodeo.
Until her official coronation, which took place Oct. 8, at the Evanston Machine Shop, Hayduk was considered
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CITY GIRL DEVELOPS “PASSION” FOR HORSES A LOVE OF HORSES BECOMES A LIFESTYLE. By Virginia Giorgis Staff Writer
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Leslie Mills, a certified farrier, turned her love of horses into a life style.
eslie Mills grew up as a city girl, but spending her summers working on her uncle’s dude ranch in Colorado gave Mills a love of horses. A love that has turned into a “passion,” she said, which resulted in her studying Equine Service and Nutrition at Utah State University and learning to be a farrier at Montana State Horseshoeing School. Mills originally started her own business in Utah, but her husband’s job change took her to Bridger Valley in southwestern Wyoming a few months ago. In previous years, Mills said she has worked on 1,500 to 1,600 horses a year. This year she expects to take care of the feet of 3,000 horses as the area is a ranching and outdoors area, rife with horses. The difference in the horses in her new setting is many are mustangs, Mills said.
Prior to moving to Bridger Valley, the majority of the horses she worked on were papered, she added. Mills said she was born in Mesa, Arizona, into “a family of city slickers.” She said they don’t understand her “passion” for horses. Mills’ business, Any Age Any Stage Horseshoeing and Training, LLC, grew out of her love of horses. Mills said she started riding at the age of three. Summers spent on her uncle’s dude ranch in Durango gave her ample time to be around and work with horses. That is where she started shoeing and training horses. “I think of horses as being a puzzle,” Mills said. “Each horse and its feet are different. Farriers see a horse more often than any others (the vet, etc.). This is my way of being able to work with horses every day.” Being of a slight build and not very tall, Mills said she thinks her short stature is an advantage when she works with horses
as “I don’t have to bend over as far.” She still pats the horse, slides her hand down the horse’s leg, picks up the foot and places it between her knees. Mills also said, working with the horses daily keeps her arms, back and legs in good condition so she is better able to complete her jobs, whether she is trimming or shoeing. But she, like other farriers, gets moved around when the horse decides to pull its leg as it tries to put its foot back on the ground. “A lot of people say their horses act up,” Mills said. “They say when I come, the horses are the best they have ever been.” Mills is a certified farrier with the American Farrier Association. She is working on becoming a journeyman farrier. To earn this, she has to work five years on her own. Prior to starting her own business, Mills
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF HORSE PHRASES By Vicki Hood Staff writer
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ou’ve heard them time and again – likely used them yourself occasionally. But have you ever wondered where all those little clever quotes and idioms about horses came from? Short little phrases such as “horse of a different color” or “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” are used consistently in our everyday language, but
the origin of these words is found in a very diverse background of language dating back hundreds of years. Even Homer and Shakespeare had a hand in establishing one or two of them. “Hold your horses” is said to have come directly from the 23rd book of the Iliad and translated to “Antilochus, you drive like a maniac – hold
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LIFESTYLE: DEVELOPING A “PASSION� FOR HORSES LIFESTYLE continued from page 6 shod horses and helped train horses on her uncle’s ranch. When she was 16, she started working as an apprentice under farrier Leonard “Butch� Rogers, which she did for four years. In addition to training and shoeing horses, Mills said she is a lameness technician, a pre-veterinary training — hers is strictly on horses. She said, with this training, she can “diagnose and treat lameness in horses.� She said she has “worked all over the place� with work on 15 different ranches, including the Box T Ranch in Billings, Montana. She has also worked with the Clydesdales in San Antonio, Texas, at Sea World. The training she provides includes all types, from starting horses and barrel racing to breaking bad habits of problem horses. An offshoot of her love of horses includes working as a nutritionist with
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Thunder Mountain Mineral. Her partner in this is Sandy Caruso of RichďŹ eld, Utah. They have developed “an all-around complete supplement of natural mineralsâ€? for horses, Mills said. The product has been tested on over 100 horses, she said. Her love of horses carries over into her personal life. She has six horses of her own. She said she loves to ride in the mountains, likes to rope and likes to team rope. She plans on entering some of the local Bridger Valley contests during the summer. She said she also likes to hunt and ďŹ sh. Married for six years, Mills is the mother of three boys — 4, 2 and 1 — whom she takes with her when she heads out on a job if she is unable to get a babysitter. When she is working, the boys stay out of the way. She jumps out of the truck, Photo/Virginia Giorgis puts on her leather chaps and muck boots, Leslie Mills smoothes the hind foot of a mustang with the rasp after trimming the horse’s hoof. pulls out the stand on which she props the horse’s hoof and grabs a rasp and nippers. to the owner holding the horse by the lead hoof, a heavy rasp to smooth the hoof and This time the owners only want the hooves rope attached to the halter, pats the horse a farrier knife to clean the hoof. Front feet and back feet are soon completed. Then it of their mustangs trimmed and shaped. and proceeds to go to work. She has nippers for cutting off excess is on to the feet of another mustang. She walks up to the horse’s side, talks
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oulder Lake trailhead in Sublette County, Wyo., is one of the more popular trailheads in the area, with a plethora of trails leading high into the lofty elevations, both north and south. The canyon trail provides much of the access and is flat and scenic for the first three miles, winding past small ponds and eventually creekside as Boulder Creek roars from the mountains. The trail winds up above the trees into a wind-swept landscape with craggy rocks and breathtaking vistas. Once out of the trees, the trail becomes narrow, made of shale-like rocks and climbs ever
higher with a step-like formation. Along the way, the trail is dotted with wild raspberry bushes, perfect for the occasional rest and snack when the berries come ripe. The climb takes riders through the burn area from the ‘80s and higher to a series of lakes with a moonscape-esque feel. Lake Ethel is one of the large lakes at the top, with a small, green ecosystem providing refuge from the boulder deposit surrounding it. Tie the horses and sit on a lakeside rock for lunch. Pack strings follow this trail to get farther into the wilderness, but there is a lot of windfall past Lake Ethel, making the day ride long and strenuous on horses.
Managed by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the trail is cleared regularly, but there may be intermittent tree falls at any time, and the USFS urges caution. On the way back down, descend into the creek to offer some respite and water to the horses and a chance to swim in one of the many near-perfect swimming holes along the way. The water rushes and pools, creating deep areas to dive from rocks into the cool below. Much of this area, especially the higher elevations, is covered in snow as late as July, but with a mild winter and an elevation of around 8,600 the trail to Lake Ethel may be one of the first to open in the area.
TRAIL DETAILS Difficulty: Moderate to difficult Type: 14-mile out-and-back County: Sublette Trailhead: Boulder Lake trailhead Directions: Located southeast of Pinedale out of the town of Boulder. Take Wyoming Highway 353 two miles to Boulder Lake Road. Continue 10 miles, bearing right at junction with the road to the Boulder Lake dam. Base elevation: 7,000 feet Elevation change: Approximately 1,500 feet. Facilities: Campgrounds, corrals, parking and restroom facilities are available at the trailhead. There is no horse camping at the lake. Fees: None Season: Late spring through fall
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your horses.” Of course the meaning is fairly straightforward – it advises one to slow down – don’t go so fast. Few kids haven’t heard this from a parent at least 10 times before the age of 5! “A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!” From Shakespeare’s Richard III (1594), the saying is often used as a quip when one needs or wants something that is unnecessary or unimportant. “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” is thought to have come from a phrase used in the text of St. Jerome in a letter to the Ephesians (400 AD). It was later printed in English in 1546 from a writing by John Heywood. The meaning is advice to never over-scrutinize something that is given to you or appear ungrateful for something given because of a higher expectation. “Get off your high horse” refers to
admonishing someone who feels and acts overly authoritative. It is thought to have come from Medieval times when soldiers and politicians made their importance well-known by appearing publicly on large and expensive horses. “Long in the tooth” is often used to indicate someone old or elderly. The phrase comes from the fact that horses teeth never stop growing – horse owners know well from regular trips to the vet to have them filed down to prevent chewing and eating problems. Though not a perfect determining factor, veterinarians can give a fairly accurate estimate of a horse’s age by looking at the teeth, often longer in an older horse. The phrase appears in reference to a woman in an 1852 writing by Thackery titled, “The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.” “A horse of a different color” is also Photo/ Courtesy
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“A dark horse” is thought to have come from the Victorian era to refer to anything unknown. It also has roots in the horse-racing lingo to describe a previously unknown horse that wins unexpectedly.
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originated in the 16th century when it was common to use the word horse to describe anything big or rough. “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink” is a common quote used to describe a situation when you can provide the means to help someone but if they won’t accept the help, it is of no benefit or no help. The phrase originated around 1175 in Old English Homilies but was used in the play Narcissus (1602). Wouldn’t it be great if everyone had a little “horse sense”? The exact origin is unclear but is thought to have come from the American West where horses were highly regarded as smart animals and an important tool for daily life. People with horse sense are practical and give thought to their decisions before they’re made. Someone may tell you “Don’t change horses in mid-stream.” What they’re telling you is not to change a plan of action you’ve already started to pursue. Elections are sometimes referred to as “one-horse races” due to the fact one candidate overshadows the others so greatly that it doesn’t matter and the outcome is very predictable. “A camel is a horse designed by a committee” denounces the effectiveness of having too many opinions when working on a project. Quality suffers when too many opinions and ideas enter into a discussion and the result doesn’t live up to the intended goal. And of course, don’t ever “put your cart before the horse” because you’ll be doing things backwards and out of order, expecting favorable results where there can be none. “Don’t spare the horses” if you’ve got an important task that has to be done quickly. Using more assets or effort to attain the goal is justified. There are more phrases that reference horses than any other animal in the English language. Many of their origins lie in lost translations over hundreds or even thousands of years, but their meanings remain clear messages that often prove to be sage advice. Could it be they’re “straight from the horse’s mouth”?
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DROPPING TEMPERATURES HAVE POTENTIAL TO BE FATAL FOR EQUINES By Ike Fredregill Staff writer
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rratic fall temperatures can cause equine colic, which can be fatal if not treated quickly and properly, said Goshen County Veterinary Clinic’s Dr. Mike Meeboer. Horses drink less water after a quick 30-degree drop in temperature, causing their feed to become easily congested, he explained. “Horses have a couple of places that the intestine bottlenecks, causing buildup,� Meeboer said. Commonly referred to as weather colic, the condition shuts off the animal’s ability to process food. If left untreated, the horse will die. Meeboer said colic “simply means abdominal pain.� He stressed the condition can result anytime there is an extreme temperature change, but weather colic typically happens during the fall and winter when the temperature fluctu-
ates quickly. If a horse is afflicted, Meeboer said it will typically not eat, kick at its belly, aggressively paw the ground, look at its side, lie down and roll onto its back. Goshen County administrative assistant and youth coordinator Mercedes Powers said, “When they start rolling, you have a problem.� Growing up, Powers’ family raised equines, and she owns a five-year-old American quarter horse named “Laramie Jo.� Rubbing her affectionate horse’s shoulder, Powers recalled when her previous horse came down with colic. “I had to put him down,� she said, frowning. The horse’s gut became twisted, but at 27 years old, he was too old for surgery, which could unblock the intes-
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tine, she said. One of her uncle’s world-champion horses came down with colic too soon after surgery to fix with more surgery, so he had to put the animal down at a $15,000 loss, Powers remembered. Nowadays, she does everything she can to prevent colic in her animals. “We’ve got automatic waterers here, which don’t allow the water to freeze up,” she said explaining horses don’t like drinking extremely cold water. Before a cold spell, Powers puts a horse blanket on her horse to protect it from the temperature change. She also changes the animal’s feed to prepare for winter. “I just switched her from an alfalfa and grass mix,” she said, “to straight alfalfa. I like (straight alfalfa) more
in the winter time, because it gives (Laramie Jo) more calories.” But she cautioned against changing feed during unpredictable weather patterns, because it could irritate the horse’s stomach and cause colic. Lastly, she said she makes sure her horse’s feed is free of mold. “Mold can cause a horse to colic quicker than anything else,” she explained. Meeboer said horse owners should notify their veterinarian as soon as they see signs of colic. A mild colic could just be cramps, he added. “(Cramps) may improve with a pain reliever,” he explained. He also said mineral oil might help clear an early blockage. But it’s best to let your veterinarian know the symptoms and suggest a treatment, so that in a worst-case scenario, they are aware of how the situation has progressed, he said.
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orman Henry Richie was born March 23, 1933, in Green River, Wyo., to Everett J. “Ebb” Richie and Ellen Williams Richie. He joined an older sister Verla Sommers (1924-2006) and older brother Jeptha born in 1931. He went to school at the Big Sandy School until it was closed in 1943. His parents bought the Allen Place on Eastfork, so he and his brother could attend the Olson School. They also went to the Boulder School and Pinedale School. Norm didn't want to go to school anymore, so his father told him if he wouldn't go back to school he had to go to their Muddy Place and feed cows all winter by himself. That is what he did for over 60
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years. Norm grew up cowboying. He was either riding horses or calves or working goats on a wagon or sled. Norm was a good saddle bronc rider. He had filled his permit and had his PRCA card but then his dad died. At 22 years, he had to come home and help his brother run the ranch but Norm continued to ride the broncs locally. He became a judge for the bareback and saddle bronc riding at rodeos and he enjoyed judging at the Indian rodeos in Lander. Norm likes Morgan horses because they have more stamina in the mountains. If a horse wanted to buck all the time when he was breaking it, it went to the pack string.
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ROUND ‘EM UP, BRING ‘EM IN! By Joy Ufford Staff Writer
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utumn in western Wyoming brings another seasonal ranching tradition – the roundup – when riders saddle up and ride up above high mountainous summer pastures, starting at the tops of hills and draws and driving They ride day after day, no matter the weather, until there aren’t any more to bring home – then roundup comes to an end. Although some ranchers are fortunate enough to own enough private land to provide a summer’s worth of green grass for their growing calves and yearlings, many in western Wyoming have purchased “animal unit” grazing permits on public lands. June left hundreds of mostly black Angus cows in Sublette County’s Hoback Basin getting acquainted with burly Angus and Hereford bulls as they met up on the grazing allotments in late June so that, with their 9-month gestations, the
cows calve again in April and May. After calving and branding comes “turnout,” with dates based on the allotments’ operating plans reached between permit owners and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or in Hoback Basin, the U.S. Forest Service’s Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF). Based on the greening up of alpine deserts offering prized springtime hard grasses, the BLM holds turnout earlier and each permittee has his or her operating plan for certain pastures in a certain rotation. The same is true for the BTNF, where higher, cooler elevations can keep grass green well through September, even as harebells come into bloom. Sometimes a patch of green grass invites more adventurous cattle to wander higher and higher until by October, they’re suddenly sur-
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Roundup is another season on a cattle ranch when the younger cowboys learn from those with years of experience.
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AUTUMN: RANCHING ROUND UP AUTUMN continued from page 14 rounded by snowdrifts and happy to be “rescued” by cowboys or snowmobilers. Operating plans provide actual dates for turnout, moving from one pasture to another, how long cattle can stay while “trailing” in between, the animal-unit numbers permitted, and the end date for grazing in each pasture and finally, for the entire allotment. The Hoback Allotment, for example, has June 11 as the start of turnout and Oct. 15 as the closing date for ranchers to have their cattle herds rounded up from the expansive, sometime treacherous common allotment. Most grazing permits in Bondurant and the Hoback Basin have been in the same ranching families for generations, and not all are from the Basin or even Sublette County. Permittees meet twice a year with their BTNF range managers and rangers to discuss more specific plans based on available forage, distribution and new issues that might arise – like July’s Cliff Creek Fire.
Pride in owning these permits comes with “riding for the brand,” and anyone with a cattle rancher in the family (or neighborhood) is ready to hit the trail for the start of roundup – providing the nice autumn weather holds! Around Oct. 1, everyone who can beg a saddle and a horse wants to come along for the early days of riding, to do some whooping and hollering as they trot after cattle and move them down the draws to the gathering place. The most ideal – and idyllic – scenario in Hoback Basin is the beautiful transition from summer to autumn that invites one and all to saddle up and ride “during roundup.” What starts as a “trail ride” turns more serious when cowboys and cowgirls run into a bunch of cattle that need to go down the trail, rather than up or through impassable downfall. Fortunately, this October weather held out just perfectly with the first week bringing less rain and snow than one
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BEER CAN: RANGE MONITORING BEER CAN continued from page 13 Norm always said, “Bounce that salt off some trees on their ribs, they get a better attitude.” Not only could Norm ride saddle broncs and break horses, he was an excellent teamster. He loved to drive his four-horse teams feeding in the winter. One year, he and a friend tried five-horse hitch to pull a sod boat full of hay to feed the cows because so much snow had melted and the field was a lake. No one else knows the Forest Service Silver Creek Grazing Allotment like Norm. He was the cow boss for over 30 years but started riding there since he was old enough to go. The majority of this high elevation (8,500-10,000 feet) allotment is in the Bridger Wilderness and is roughly 50,000 acres. It has been used by a dozen ranches in the past and presently used by five. The cattle are not herded on to the allotment until July 1 to wait for the snow to melt and the grass to grow. The cattle have to be off the allotment by Sept. 15 and
sometimes the snow comes early. It is steep with lots of huge granite boulders and pine trees with grassy parks dispersed throughout the trees. The cow trails wind up steep hillsides through trees and boulders that nothing can travel across with ease if the trails are not cleaned. Cleaning trails is another part of the cowboys’ job. Norm keeps a handsaw in his saddle scabbard. There are no roads on the allotment other than a twotrack to the cow camp near Wolf Lake. To scatter cattle on the far side of the allotment, it is best to pack in a spike camp and stay with the cows. Norm knows where the best grass is located, the best trails through the trees and rocks to move the cows to the grassy park. He knows what the old girls are going to do before they do, while driving them on these mountain trails. Norm understands about range monitoring in his own way and how to make sure the range is ready for cows and not over grazed. He uses his “beer can” method –
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The gathered cattle are moved into a large circle with outriders ‘holding herd’ and ranchers and cowboys riding in to work out their cattle, sending them in different directions as they are sorted by owners.
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BEER CAN: HIGH PLAIN’S RANGE MONITORING BEER CAN continued from page 15 bring the cows when the grass is as tall as a beer can and take the cows off when the grass is grazed to the height of a tipped-over beer can. When the Forest Service employees and University of Wyoming range management professionals came to the mountain to do range monitoring, they found Norm's beer can method matched with their standards. Norm also took them to the most heavily grazed pastures first, so they could see for themselves that under Norm’s leadership the allotment is not overgrazed. Norm also knows the good fishing holes, historical sites and scenic views. Just follow him on his horse and listen carefully. You can learn to tie knots and throw a diamond hitch so the eggs don't break in the pack. Norm is innovative too. He forgot the spatula to cook with on one pack trip, so he cut the lid out of the top of a can and put it on the long-handled fork. It flipped the sourdough pancakes just fine each morning
in camp. Norm has no kids of his own, but taught his nieces, nephews and several neighbor kids as well as employees the ways of the mountain. Some of his students recall lessons learned from Norm. “We boys never went to scout camp. Instead, our parents sent us to Norm’s camp. We didn’t have a scoutmaster teach us how to tie knots. If we didn’t tie it right, our horse simply got away. If we didn’t pack our own lunch, we went hungry, and if we didn’t dress warm, we shivered, hunkered down riding behind Norm. We darn sure were too scared to complain.” When old age made the rides on the mountain too difficult, he spent days riding Richies’ cattle on the desert across Big Sandy. It was a closer trip to camp (the horse trailer). Anyone who knows the Richies can tell you what a fine Hereford cowherd they have. Norm is not shy about telling you they like the disposition of the Herefords better than the black cows. When asking
Norm’s nephew, Eb, why the Herefords, he said, “Dad told me that the English breeds, mainly Hereford and Angus, have been here for 100 years, and will be here for the next 100 years. Lots of the other breeds have come and gone like fads.” Norm’s niece Carol said, “I think our cow herd is generational. The Herefords were here when Jep and Norm took over the place, and are still here today.” According to Norm’s niece, Jonita Sommers, “Good breeding sires for livestock were difficult to get in the early days. Ranchers traded bulls. In 1935, old Eb had a load of registered Hereford bulls shipped in from Nebraska. The ones he did not keep, the neighbors took.” Norm must have inherited the bug, because he still loves to go to bull sales. He is an excellent judge of bulls and very aware of what needs to be checked on each bull. He likes to watch them walk on dirt especially rocks to see how they travel and how their legs, hocks, ankles, and feet work. He is very in tune to not only how they move, but their build for calving
ease, growth and muscle. If you go to a bull sale with him and just sit and listen, you can learn a lesson on buying replacement bulls from the best.” When Norm’s new bulls get home, he calls the neighbors and they have a field day checking out his new bloodlines. Norm recalls that when they took the place over from their Dad, he and Jep worked hard to clean up the scallywags and improve their genetics. The hard work paid off, proven by the fact that if you drive through their herd as they trail them down the road, you’ll say to yourself, “Man, I wish my first-calf heifers looked as good as theirs!” Norm and his family’s legacy has not only been defined in their cows, but stories of gathering large desert horse herds, cutter races, and bronc rides are just a few more. Maybe most important is what good neighbors they are, and how much their neighbors look to them for leadership and honesty. If you want to meet Norm, come to a Boulder branding next spring. Norm, age 83, may be roping on his horse Shorty.
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BRED TO RUN, RACE ACE AND BARREL ar out, on the edge of Sublette County, even out past the edge of the small town of Boulder, is a ranch that, come early next spring, will welcome four registered racing quarter or paint horses into the world. The small breeding outfit of 7 Lazy K Quarter Horses is, despite its size, home to children of some of the nation’s top moneymakers in the field of racing and barrel racing. The stud in residence is Dashing Move Fame, whose sire, Dash Ta Fame, was a barrel champion that produced millions of dollars in race earnings. Two of this spring’s foals will be Dashing’s, and owner, operator, breeder, trainer and all-around head honcho Heather Wells said she is already looking forward to meeting the young ones and gauging their potential. This has been Wells’ first year breeding Dashing, although she and her partner Bill Kelly have been breeding racing and barrel horses for eight years. Dashing’s previous offspring were too young to race the 2011 season, so no one will know how his progeny will perform until the 2012 season starts May 1. But Dashing’s bloodline is solid. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather, as well as his grandmother and great-grandmother, all have speed indexes over 100. A speed index of more than 80 earns a horse recognition for merit. Wells and Kelly are among the more than 100 performance breeders in Sublette and Sweetwater counties, and Wells said they are much smaller than many of the other breeders. “We do it for the fun of it,” she said. “We may make some supplemental income, and the horses we sell typically cover our expenses.” But it’s clear by the smile in her eyes it’s the love of it that keeps her going. It’s a lot of work monitoring mares to determine when they’re in heat, conducting the breeding and then monitoring mares to see if they’re in foal, not to mention raising foals from birth to when they are released into pasture. Kelly
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efore coming to the Kindness Ranch, RayAnne, a tall thoroughbred, was not adoptable. The mare had been used in research and had behavior problems and no manners. Today, she is able to run free through a pasture with other horses in rural southeast Wyoming. The once ill-mannered RayAnne now has good manners, thanks to the new culture that surrounds her. RayAnne’s story is just one of the Kindness Ranch’s success stories. Located near Hartville, the Kindness Ranch American Sanctuary For Research Animals is a 1,000-acre ranch that takes in all kinds of animals formerly used in research. Dr. David Groobman founded the sanctuary, which opened in the summer of 2007. Groobman dedicated 10 years of planning to the sanctuary. Ranch manager David Sleeper said Kindness Ranch staff members are not animal activists. “Our job is to provide the research laboratories a wonderful alternative to euthanasia,” he said. In order to do that, the Kindness Ranch fosters a working relationship with the researchers. While at the Kindness Ranch, animals
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Dashing Move Fame is the stud for Heather Wells’ 7 Lazy K Quarter Horses outside of Boulder. works out of town much of the time, and many of these tasks are left to Wells. Mares are monitored with an ultrasound machine Wells has at the ranch. Images can tell her when mares are beginning their fertility cycle, to give Wells as much time as possible to administer the artifi cial insemination to impregnate them. The ultrasound can also tell when fertilization has occurred, even before there’s a heartbeat. The day-in, day-out work comes once the foals are born. “It’s a lot for one person to halterbreak, trim the hooves and pick up the feet of all the foals every day,” she said, explaining part of the routine to get the newborns accustomed to being around people. But when the foals aren’t being handled, they’re running around the paddocks, bucking and carrying on like the ability to walk was their own personal discovery, which, in a way, it was.
After 11 months and two weeks growing slowly in a mare, foals are born and able to walk within hours. It’s not the most graceful walk, as their legs unfold from nearly a year curled beneath them. But they figure out what it means to be a horse. Soon enough though, they’re walking and running – then racing. If Wells can’t fi nd buyers for her foals, she’ll keep them and race them when they’re a year old, with the hopes of selling them as finished racehorses. Unlike thoroughbreds, who race between 3/4 and 1 1/2 miles, quarter horses typically run between 300 and 400 yards, around one quarter of a mile – hence the name. Wells takes her horses to Idaho to e, where there are five fi ve tracks. The race, ck Springs track recently opened, and Rock e said she’s looking forward to doing she me racing closer to home. But Idaho some ’t that bad, she said, when compared isn’t
to traveling to Oklahoma to race her paint horses. Quarter and paint horses belong to different associations, so their races are separate, although the races themselves are similar. When their racing career is over, Wells’ horses transition into running barrels, and this is where Dashing’s bloodline emerges to take center stage. Wells said in the barrelracing world, Dash Ta Fame is a household name, and often all the promotion needed to get Dashing’s name recognized. And with that should come demand for breeding opportunities. That’s all the more so, since Wells is keeping the stud fee at $650, when most performance stud fees exceed $1,000. That may change, though, when Dashing’s potential, as realized through his offspring, is recognized. If his foals do well next season, Wells and Kelly may not be doing this all just for fun anymore.
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– which include horses, dogs, cats, sheep and pigs – are rehabilitated in a homelike environment. Though Sleeper says he doesn’t consider himself a horse whisperer, he has a philosophy that has allowed him to form relationships with once untrusting animals. The more afraid an animal is, the more powerful and “permanent” is the response to his techniques. Although the philosophy is given in much better detail when Sleeper relays it to visitors at the Kindness Ranch, the bottom line is that animals mimic our behavior. If a human shows respect by using certain listening and intuiting techniques, coupled with an unwillingness to enter in to the animal’s “zone of intimacy” unless invited, the fearful animal becomes attracted like a magnet to this energetic safety exhibited by the human. The human basically focuses on evolving themselves to their higher form with no agenda and the animal amazingly is attracted and mimics that behavior. The fearful animal ends up being the instigator and choreographer of the deep bonding on an energetic level that emerges. Techniques then follow which encourage non-impulsive thinking behavior with the resulting boost in self esteem. Sleeper said that he can’t tell who is the
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Horses at the Kindness Ranch roam a pasture on a sunny October morning. The Kindness Ranch is made up of 1,000 acres. lead mare at the Kindness Ranch. “They all have manners, squabbles are rare and the pecking order seems to be non-existant,” he said. The former lead mare now has the most manners and perhaps the others are following her lead. In RayAnne’s case, the thoroughbred had been getting treats and sweet feed before coming to the Kindness Ranch and she was ill mannered towards people and equines. Sleeper’s idea is that having a relationship with an animal’s stomach leads to impulsive and addictive behavior with poor manners. Whereas relating the heart and mind encourages thinking and evolving and good manners. Sleeper said the 15 horses at the Kind-
ness Ranch now have their own culture that is based on manners and thinking. When a new horse arrives like RayAnne, instead of pecking order battle, the whole herd helps her to leave her impulsiveness behind and become a thinker with manners. “This sounds so strange and impossible until one sees it in action. It is a very rewarding for us folks to see animals that were subject to the trials of research end up living harmoniously with high selfesteem in a Wyoming paradise,” he said. The Kindness Ranch welcomes visitors. It offers well-appointed cabins for its members to stay in while visiting. For more information on the Kindness Ranch, visit kindnessranch.org.
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serving of this award, which makes he Profession the job of the al Rodeo Cowselection committee boys Associatio very difficult,” n is proud to said Doug Corey, announce the DVM, Pro Rodeo Hall of Famer sen out of a stellar five finalists choand chairman of the fi PRCA Animal for the 2011 “PRCA eld of nominees Welfare Committee Veterinaria n of “It is an honor the Year Award,” to be associated with presented by Purina. such a distinguish The field includes group of veterinary ed profession son of Cheyenne, Dr. Norm Swanals that advocate for the welfare nated by Cheyennewho was nomirodeo livestock.” of Frontier Days Rodeo officials. The original field of 16 nominees The 2011 recipient was narrowed to these five will be announced in late distinguished veterinaria October and will ns: honored at the be ■ Dr. Joseph PRCA Contract Coli, Reno, Nev.; Personnel Banquet nominated by Wednesday, Nov. the Reno Rodeo in Las Vegas, 30, and Bob Feist and Wrangler National during the 53rd ■ Dr. Garth Finals Rodeo SatLamb, Las Vegas, urday, Dec. 3, Nev.; nominated by 2011, at the Thomas Shawn Davis Mack Center in & ■ Dr. Norm Swanson, Las Vegas. Cheyenne; The award was nominated by created in 2010 Cheyenne Frontier recognize dedication to Days Rodeo to the health and welfare of ■ Dr. Jake Wells, rodeo livestock San Antonio, veterinaria ns across by Tex.; nominated the country. The by the San Antonio award is made Stock Show & possible by a partnerRodeo ship with Purina ■ Dr. Wes Mills to sponsor Wittman, Sonora, the award. Calif.; nominated by the Mother “Every nominee Lode Roundup is absolutely deRodeo and Tuolumne County Sheriff ’s Posse
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yoming boasts the second largest wild horse herd in the nation, second only to Nevada. Wild horses are symbols of the West – they are untamed spirits and have free range on a wide-open landscape. Today’s wild horses are descendants of horses brought to the United States by the Spanish, as well as horses subsequently turned out by ranchers or led away by the wild horse herds. As of February, there were 5,333 wild horses in Wyoming, according to June Wendlandt, Wyoming’s BLM wild horse and burro program lead. Currently, the number of wild horses is around 2,000 head over the projected management level, which is set at between 2,490 and 3,725 horses.
The wild horses are regulated under the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971. The act sets guidelines for maintaining the wild horses and their forage. “We have healthy horses in Wyoming, and we want to keep it that way,” Wendlandt said. Wild horses differ from domestic horses, as they have naturally bred for survival in the wild countryside. They are more compact and have thicker, sturdier legs to carry them over the open ranges. Wendlandt said a large part of management requirements for wild horses is determined by the vegetation and forage on BLM land. She explained the BLM is a multiple-use agency, so the land they manage is divided into multiple purposes, such as wildlife, wild horses, livestock and recreation. BLM analyzes the “amount and type of forage and divides it into pieces of the pie.”
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Wild horses are found in Wyoming on the western half of the state from as far north as the Cody area to the state’s southern border. Wendlandt said wild horses in Wyoming are managed in 16 management areas, with the largest number of wild horses in the southwest. Wild horses can be seen from I-80 as motorists drive across the western portion of the state. There are also a number of wild horses in the Red Desert area.
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The two easiest places to view wild horses are in the Pryor Mountains outside Lovell and in southwest Wyoming, near Rock Springs. A loop tour has even been developed near Rock Springs, known as
the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Scenic Loop Tour. The area is easily accessible and is on the top of Pilot Butte, which lies on the east side of Rock Springs. The 24-mile self-guided tour can begin
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in either Green River or Rock Springs. Travelers should plan on about 1 1/2 hours to complete the tour, most of which is on gravel roads. “It is a good tour to take,” Wendlandt said, “and most likely the wild horses will be there.” Another sizable herd is in the Adobe Town area, south of I-80 near Rock Springs. The Pryor Mountain Wild Mustang Center features a museum. Visitors can learn about the horses there, as well as the current location of the herd before driving out to locate it. Another benefit is often the sighting of other wildlife in the area. Wild horse management tools include a count of the herds, maintaining the forage, roundups and adoptions, and managing the reproduction of the herds, Wendlandt said. Other management tools for the wild horses include “gathering and removing excess horses, treating the mares with PZP – a form of birth control which prevents the mares from breeding for two years – and adjusting the ratio of the released horses so more males are released than females. That helps maintain a slower growth rate of the herd so the time between round ups can be lengthened, Wendlandt said. Another option that has been considered has been spaying mares and neutering studs. This option has been sidelined until it can be determined what its impact would be on geldings being released back into the herds.
ADOPTING WILD HORSES
Roundups are conducted periodically if the wild horse numbers are deemed too large. The gathered horses are then put up for adoption. To adopt, applications must be submitted by interested parties that contain many specific, including what type of trailer will be used to pick up a horse, and what type of pen will be employed. Requirements i n c l u d e maintaining a fence six feet or higher, a 20by-20 foot enclosure constructed of substantial pipe or wood and connected to a shelter of at least 12by-12 feet. Such specifications are required because most of the ad-
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opted horses are “untouched,” or have had little training, though some of the adopted horses may be halter or saddle broken. In Wyoming, the process runs through the spring and summer, though in other states the adoption process is handled year-round. The corrals in southwest Wyoming were closed Sept. 30. There were 128 horses adopted in Wyoming this year, Wendlandt said. The aim is to have 2,000 to 3,000 wild horses adopted nationwide; these numbers were not met this year. Wendlandt blamed the lower adoption rate on the weak economy. “It is hard for people to think about feeding a horse,” Wendlandt suggested, “when they are thinking about feeding their family.” Wild horses have been adopted by a wide variety of individuals. Some are retirees who want to trail ride, others are younger p e o p l e who need a good working horse for their ranch. Others just want to pleasure ride. W i l d horses, Wendlandt said, are “very versatile and
can do almost anything.” She added a wild horse was “the best horse I ever had. She would wait for me to get home from school. I could catch her with no halter, no lead line, and ride her to the house” after Wendlantdt got off the bus from school.
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A prime wild horse-related event in Wyoming is Mustang Days. The event is held in conjunction with the Mustang Heritage Foundation, a non-profit group. The event was most recently held at the Wyoming State Fair Aug. 16-20, and included competitors as young as 5 years old showing their wild horses. Competitions consisted of mustang owners competing in things like halter, trail courses, western pleasure and freestyle, which can include a theatrical bent. Cheyenne resident Kathi Wilson’s performance with her wild horse was “so cool,” Wendlandt said. Wilson “laid her horse down on the ground. It was done to music, and then she got on and road bareback.” Another important part of Mustang Days is the competition between wild horse trainers. Members of the Honor Farm at Riverton work with some of the wild horses before they are adopted. Also, three members of the Mantle Wild Horse Training Facility competed against one another. The horses have been trained anywhere from 20 days to a year. Jeff Martin of the Honor Farm earned the belt buckle for being the best trainer. The adoption rate was 20 out of 20 – 18 horses and two burros – at the Mustang Days. Wendlandt credited this to the fun and excitement of the event, which made others want to participate next year.
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tions at the Goshen County Pavilion in Torrington, Wyo. Call (308) 631-1153 for more information. Nov. 18-20 – Cutting clinic hosted by the Central Wyoming Cutting Club with 13 classes at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds in Thermopolis, Wyo. Call (307) 867-2246 for more information. Nov. 19-20 – Team roping hosted by American Cowboy Team Roping Association at the CAMPLEX East Pavilion in Gillette, Wyo. Call (307) 751-3966 for more information. Nov. 26-27 – Winter Jackpots hosted by Barrel Blast Productions at the Goshen County Pavilion in Torrington, Wyo. Call (308) 631-1153 for more information. DECEMBER Dec. 4 – Pro Jackpots: Barrels, Poles and Roping at the CAMPLEX East Pavilion in Gillette, Wyo. Call (307) 687-0566 for more information. Dec. 4 – Team roping hosted by Jackpot Team Roping at the indoor arena of the Sweetwater Event Complex in Rock Springs, Wyo. Call (307) 382-4700 for more information. Dec. 15 – Wind River Riders Dressage Club at the indoor arena of the Sweetwater Events Complex in Rock Springs, Wyo. Call (307) 382-6914 for more information. Dec. 16-18 – Cutting clinic hosted by the Central Wyoming Cutting Club with 13 classes at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds in Thermopolis, Wyo. Call (307) 867-2246 for more information. Dec. 18 – Team roping hosted by Jackpot Team Roping at the indoor arena of the Sweetwater Event Complex in Rock Springs, Wyo. Call (307) 382-4700 for more information.
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