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Kyle Home is helped on to a bull at the Georgia High
School Rodeo Association state finals Friday in Perry.
HORNE
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son of Howard and Reneria
Horne of Perry.
Much of the thrill of the
sport comes from the danger
associated in bull riding.
The bulls are fully grown,
many of them bred specifi
cally for their bucking, and
nothing is done to cover
their sharp horns. Bull rid
ers commonly say: “it’s not
if you’ll get hurt, but when.”
Bull riders are not trying to
stay on the bull, only to
hang on long enough. Even
a successful ride ends with
the rider getting thrown.
According to Horne,
acceptance of this is an
important qualification for a
potential bull rider.
“You can’t be worried
about getting hurt - you just
have to accept that. If you
ride bulls eventually you’ll
get hurt,” said Horne, who
is no exception himself.
“I’ve been hurt pretty bad a
few times. It’s just some
thing that happens.”
Horne said that his moth
er worries about his safety,
but is OK with her son’s
sport and loves to watch his
rodeos.
“I’m more worried about
him driving off and getting
into a wreck that getting
hurt by a bull,” said Reneria
Horne.
It was a friend who first
introduced Horne to bull
riding:
“Back in middle school, a
buddy of mine rode in a jun
ior rodeo and I went to see
him. It really seemed like
something that I wanted to
do,” said Horne.
One thing that makes it
difficult to begin in bull rid
ing is the steep learning
curve. There are no real
substitutes for the practical
experience of actually riding
a bull.
“You can ride mechanical
bulls and we have this thing
called a ‘bucking barrel,’ but
you really just have to ride
the bull,” he said. “There’s
really no other way to prac
tice.”
Horne said that the high
light of his bull riding expe
rience was attending the
national championship. The
National High School Finals
Rodeo features the top com
petitors from 39 states, plus
Bull riding basics
The bull is prodded into a
narrow chute at one end of
the arena. The door is
closed behind it so that the
bull is completely confined
and cannot move. The bull
rider lowers himself onto the
back of the bull. Two ropes
are tied around the bull: one
by the hind legs and one by
the front. The hind rope is
meant to irritate the bull,
causing it to buck trying to
shake the rope off. The
other rope is for the bull
rider to hold. The bull rider
must hold on with one hand
and leave the other free.
The rider is disqualified if he
Canada and Australia.
“It was a blast,” he said.
“There are a lot of really
good riders and there is
some tough competition.
They also bring out their top
bulls. It’s fun to go out there
and meet new folks and talk
to people from different
states and different coun
tries.”
More so than with other
sports, bull riding is part of
a unique and specialized
community: the culture of
the rodeo and the American
West. Anyone who traveled
to the Georgia National
Fairgrounds and
Agricenter’s Reaves Arena
during last weekend’s
Georgia High School Rodeo
Association state finals
would have found himself in
a different world.
From the übiquitous cow
boy hats to the nearly one
to-one horse/human ratio,
there was far more of
Colorado than Cordele in
this event.
Like Kyle Home, most of
those in attendance had
southern drawls punctuated
with western phrases like
“howdy” and the continual
reference to everyone as
“cowboy.”
Horne primarily partici
pates in rodeos hosted by
the Georgia High School
Rodeo Association, which
sponsored last weekend’s
rodeo in which Horne
missed qualifying by 0.03
seconds and will not contin
ue to the national rodeo this
year. Horne said, however,
that he will try to ride in as
many events as he can.
“I ride in professional
rodeos whenever there are
some in the area,” said
Home, explaining that pro
fessional rodeos offer much
better prize money.
“It’s definitely something
I want to keep doing.
Hopefully I’ll be able to ride
in a few more professional
rodeos next year.”
Horne encourages anyone
with an interest to pursue
bull riding, promising an
unparalleled experience to
those who have what it
takes.
“There’s a great thrill to
the sport,” he said. “It’s an
amazing adrenaline rush.”
touches the bull, the rope, or
himself with his free hand.
When the rider is ready, the
chute door is opened and
the bull runs into the arena.
The rider holds on as long
as possible until thrown.
If the rider stays on the
bull past the eight-second
mark, he qualifies and
receives a four-part score.
Each one of two judges
gives a score out of 25 for
the rider’s performance, and
each of two judges gives a
score for the performance of
the bull. These are then
added, making 100 a perfect
score.
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draft of an ordinance
that would ban the use or
sale of fireworks in the city.
He said that the ordinance
would cover those fire
works allowed in the state
sparkler law.
“This ordinance would
put us back to where we
were before the state
passed the law,” said Fire
Chief Robert Singletary.
“We will go back to the way
things were in Warner
Robins.”
“This is a public safety
issue,” said Mayor Donald
Walker. “This is needed,
especially where children
are concerned.”
“If we do pass this ordi
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police are prepared to
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“I just think this goes a
long way to restricting
more than we need to
restrict,” said Councilman
Matt Stone. “It is also a
regulation of personal prop
erty.”
Smith proposed that
instead of adopting a com
plete ban on fireworks that
council adopt a 45-day
moratorium on their sale in
the city, while Elliott works
on a more permanent ordi
nance. He said that the
moratorium would carry
the city through the July 4
holiday.
“We certainly do not want
anyone injured due to these
sparklers, and while we are
not completely comfortable
with a total ban I propose
we ban the sale of fireworks
in the city for a period of 45
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“I am in favor of adopting
the ordinance as written,”
said Councilman Terry
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“I think that with the 45-
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Walker, Stone and Smith
voted in favor of the 45-day
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