Carbon County news., 1937-12-17
BRONCOBUSTING MARCIE GREENOUCH
SUBJECT OF FAMILY CIRCLE STORY

M story on Margle GreenOugh,
~ one Of the famous rodeO rid
ing children Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben Greenough, pioneer Red
Lodge couple. The article tit
4 led Lady Unafraid, Z is pIenti-
fully embelIished with pictures
:. of Margie. Thanks for repro
ductiOn here are due The Fam +
lily Circle, interesting trade
magazine published BY Safe
way Stores, the author, John
Proctor, and to Jack Cover,
manager Of the SafeWay store
here who brought the article
to our attention. = j.. i. -: .z@*.==. r
: BY JOHN PROCTOR Y. !: + Il
"Margie Greenough on Calcut,
ta-con1ing out of Chute FourY
The announcer's tWang resoundec
through New York City's Madi,
son Square Garden, and eighteen
thousand people leaned forward ii
expectancy, their eyes on a white.
washed gate. Al second or two Of
suspense, then the barrier flew
open; and Calcutta came hurting
out of the chute, arching in ser
les of frenzied bucks in an effort
ito dislodge the slim figure in
orange silk which rode him like
a wave. ss@s.s5 c. 4: i. i. =: H.
Straight down the center of the
arena streaked Calcutta, then plum
5ged crafty to the left, buclSing all
the while, and headed for the side
railing. The danger of a headon
smash loomed, but still not a bit
of daylight showed between Mar
gle Greenough and her mount
tribute not only to her horse
manship but to her courage. She
sat on the: horse as if she were
glued to it, and Calcutta, sheering
away at the last moment, was still
pitching wildly as the siren blared
at the end Of the eight-second test.
The girl swung off to the horse of
one Of the arena attendants. Cal
cutta, after a few farewell gyra-
tions, went galloping away through
a far exit, and applause came roll
ing across from the boxes and
down from the triple balconies. s..:
Other coWgirls performed nobly
as one-Woman crews on the hur-
ricane deck Of plunging bronc,
but when the points were in and
the judges decision reached, the
crowd got a chance to cheer again
as the loud speakers doomed:
Winner Of first money Margie
Greenough Of Red Lodge, Mon
tanal" And this is the last picture
i have Of her q slight girl in
orange against the chocolate
brown Of the Garden earth, caught
for d feeting instant in q spot
htscircle, happily waving q white
sombrero. 55 "
had interviewed Margie earlier
In the week, and talked with her
on couple Of other occasions, and
/ found her to be pretty much of Al
real person. This was her first trip
to New York to take part in the
annual worlds championship rod
eo, competing against the great
est riders in the nation. yet she
was million miles from being
dustered. MI. .>:.~ l.. ~
New York, she said, astonished
but did not appall her. Whether in
a great hotel or famous. restaurant,
she showed the same composure as
when facing danger and perhaps
imminent injury iii the Garden.
Margie holds herself as straight as
a willow wand, has a determined
set to her mouth, and has hair the
shade Of an oak leaf in autumn.
She had to come all the way to-
New York to be told that she has
beautiful hands, she admitted. Al
though Margie: would never yolun-
tarily tell you all this herself, she
can carry on from here.
IT guess / enjoy the danger of
rodeo competition, when I. come
right down to it." she told me. G"
used to. be a Jockey and rode
straightaway horse races at State
and country fairs for several
years. Belonging to q riding fam
lily, it was only natural for me toI
slide into rodeo work when I grew
older. Ny dad won the first saddle
ever given for bronc riding at Bill
lings, Montana. My brother Turk
is a three-time worlds champion.
And my sister Alice is just about
the finest woman rider in the coun-
try, I think. This game has got
to be played BY people who arel
raised to it, and that's why II
guess Westerners will always rate
top ranking. e +; ~, 3s.--s.. ... -.
#. & t'It may sound easy to work only
eight seconds about every three
days, but Mister, it's a. LONG
eight seconds! Sometimes it seems
like minutes before I hear that
siren, and all the time I've got to
remember what ! must and must
not do in order to win good points.
The worse bucker a bronc is, the
better it is for me for that means
it's a good bad horse and I've got
to show my best stuff to get BY.
: Lots Of people who attend
I.odnnc VifIny1,t realize that the three