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joe had never bull dogged a steer from a horse before. he had wrestled them a foot in the corral, but running full speed over a 35 foot score? but he watched ed and jerry on their runs and felt he could do a passable job. ed used his steer horse to jump from and jerry hazed for him.. when joes time came to run they mounted him on eds horse and jerry was going to haze for him. when he nodded for the steer and the gate opened the big steer left like a rocket. eds bay horse hit the score line just right and in just a few moments the two horses and steer were flying down the arena. as he rolled up on the steers left side joe realized the size of this big steer. jerry on the other side yelled at him to GET DOWN! joe leaned over and put his right elbow over the steers back bone. eds horse caught a gear and slid him up on the steers neck. joe put his hands up in front to catch the hornes. eds horse motored on by with jerry joe had the left horn in his left hand his right arm under the opposite horn when eds horse left him he popped joes feet in the air in front of the steer. when his feet came down the steer ran over them tripping him. it caused the steer to summersault takeing joe with him the dust cloud raised by the wreck was so thick no one could see what was happening. when the dust cloud lifted it showed joe hanging on the steers head twisting his neck. finally the steer gave in and collapsed. joe turned him loose and rose and started back to the chutes. jerry passed him leading eds horse. " daamn pard, all you needed to do was throw the steer , not thrill the crowd!"jerry said in passing. as he walked out the gate ed caught him and started beating the dust off his back " you ok? " he asked. joe nodded and helped knock the dust off his body. " many a guy has been hurt doing that, broken legs and such we should have explained it a little better. i hope you wont hold it against us."ed was brushing the dirt out of joes hair. " ill know better next time." joe was spitting dirt from his mouth." how long until we rope a steer? " two events" ed answered. " good ime gonna find some water. be back in a bit." joe turned and walked away.