To stop the clock, the milker has to get a single drop of milk out of the bucking cow and into a Budweiser beer bottle. After that task has been completed they must run the length of the arena in rule mandated cowboy boots and chaps. I wouldn't want to get on the head.'' Oddly enough, Smith said the Barber Ranch does not keep milk cows and the teams do not practice the event except at ranch rodeos. The rodeo continues today and concludes on Saturday. Both performances start at 7 p.m. To qualify for the championship, a first of its kind, each ranch had to win a WRCA rodeo.
All contestants are cowboys who make a living working on a ranch.
Six states and Canada are represented in the rodeo. The top hand after all three events will also be rewarded with a custom made saddle, belt buckle, hat and the use of a Travalong trailer. Some of the teams went through great expense to participate. Kelly and his team drove 24 hours from Nevada. The Campbell-Meyers Ranch of Beaver, Okla. won the bronc riding with a score of 76.