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Former pro rodeo rider(Continued from page l bracket for ages 8 through 13 and the senior bracket for youths 14 through 17 years.Now. his days are Tilled with training youngsters, training horses, preparing for rodeo contests and weekend traveling.Rodeo is a coming sport, he said as he held the leather reins to one of about 20 horses on his farm. More and more interest is picking up in it.Steinberger. standing in the brisk morning air, talked about his past days as a rodeo clown and professional rider. He gave up the career about seven years ago to concentrate on raising his family.I guess I started out in the rodeo circuit when I was about 15 years old, he said, smiling as he reminisced. I kept it up for about 15 years. After pausing to concentrate about past dates, he then added, I quit when I was 30 or so.Steinberger rode Brahma bulls, bareback on broncos and did bulldogging, which is steer wrestling. His dad was a rancher and farmer. Steinberger was raised at Wamego, Kan.Rodeo work gets in your blood. he said. It is an athletic sport. Many colleges now are giving scholarships, big money scholarships, for kids who are expert rodeo riders. He formerly was involved in getting rodeo associations started at K-State University at Manhattan, and has worked with other colleges.Throughout his conversation, Steinberger continually refers to the challenge which rodeo contests bring to the cowboys.It doesn’t necessarily take courage to get on a Brahma bull, he said. You must learn a technique. A cowboy studies his animal. Bulls have a set pattern of hw they buck.I did some clowning with the professional rodeoWill plan(Continued from page 1) are: American Red Cross.association. I was about 19 when I got hooked in the face with a bull's horn I wasn't in the hospital too long, but it was a long time healing up. It was just a freak accident.Steinberger mentioned some big name cowboys he used to work with: Casey Tibbs. Harley May. Ken Roberts. The cowboy who did the most for me was Wayne Doniphan. He now’ lives in Westmoreland. Kan. He wasn't up in the top nationals, but he was always close to it.The Olathe cowpoke, during his rodeo career, collected five All Around Saddle awards and many trophy buckles. Those saddles are mighty pretty. he said. Big saddles, and hand tooled.When Steinberger isn’t training horses for friends, he is helping youths improve their riding or rodeo styles, train their horses or helping his own children.Tim, my son, is mighty good with horses. he said. Two years ago, when we moved to this farm, Tim was afraid of horses. He had lived in Overland Park. Now he is always working with horses.Fifteen year old Tim is a tackle for De Soto high school's football team. “Tim weighs 165 lbs., said Steinberger, whose facial expressions showed pride in his son. He plays first string and at almost every game, he has tackled against guys weighing 250-lbs“Now, I would much rather be riding a bull, or a bronc, than ramming heads with a 250-lb. football player.Steinberger’s sons. Todd Allen and Michael, also do bareback riding and steer roping. His daughter. Lori Kay, has her own hcrse.Steinberger has a year around schedule of youth rodeo competition to which he takes his children. Last weekend, we were at Odessa, Mo. This weekend we are in competition at Osawatomie and next weekend there is a three-day clinic on barrel and pole riding at the Gardner fairgrounds.Steinberger is JohnsonCounty Horsemanship 4-H leader Tim is vice-president of that group and president of the local Pioneer 4-H Club,The Olathean plans a January rodeo finals for the area youth. I’ve been thinking that next year, during Old Settlers, would be a fine time to have a rodeo here in Olathe. he mentioned Old Settlers is really a great eventFarm life and the rodeo activities are all new to Mrs. Steinberger. She lived in Overland Park. Horses and bareback riding a re all new to her. said Steinberger. But she loves it.Many teenage girls like riding the rough stock, said Steinberger. We’ve got some real good riders around here.That’s what I like about keeping busy with youth rodeos. 4-H clubs and 4-H horsemanship clubs. The kids are great. They’d do anything for you.And rodeo work is helping to keep them off the streets. It is giving them something to get interested in and keep busy with.Washington printed desiWASH INGTO N lt;UP I - A t the urging of a federal mediator, officials of the Washington Post and striking pressmen agreed Friday to resume talks next Tuesday.TTie Post continued publication using the facilities of other newspapers.Federal mediator Kenneth Moffatt succeeded Friday in winning a promise from both pressman's union president James A. Dugan and Post vice president and general manager Mark Meagher to resume bargaining on Tuesday. There have been no negotiations since the walkout began late Tuesday nightMore than 500.000 copies of the 24-page Post, printed on offset presses, were delivered In lihcirilvirc in/I tintnc-to wic-
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Olathe Daily News
Olathe, Kansas, US
Sat, Oct 04, 1975
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