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The Pardeeville, Wis., cowboy in a blue shirt and black hat jumped off Poncho a few feet shy of a spotted goat, wrestled it quickly to the ground, tied its legs together and sprang to his feet, throwing up his arms like an NFL referee signaling “Touchdown!”
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Five-year-old Logan Uschan of Orfordville, WI, loses his hat as he tries to hang onto his sheep during thr Mutton Bustin competition at the Ridge and Valley Little Britches Rodeo in Gays Mills.
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The goat, in this case, didn’t win. Lang’s time: 19.56 seconds, the announcer said.
Lang was one of about 250 contestant from throughout Wisconsin and three other states competing Saturday at the Little Britches Rodeo. He filled up with a meal of peas the night before and took off with his parents and siblings early Saturday morning for the weekend ritual.
Rick Kleinvachter of Barre Mills, Wis., was there, too, videotaping his twin daughters, Amy and Chelsey, 14, as they roped cattle with lassoes. The family’s been doing rodeos since the girls were
7 years old, he said, and have grown close to the other families on the circuit.
“I grew up a city kid,” he said, and acknowledged that he has become a rodeo dad.
Dan Simmons can be reached at (608)791-8217 or dsimmons @lacrossetribune.com.
