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22 THE CALGARY HERALD July 12, 1975 as, Stampede accused of bi no limelight for women iih rrv--: "1 .1 '-'-'-I iM.iimii.iit.iTii Ji i (Herald photo by Rsy Smith) LES HALL SHARES 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE RUNNING STEAM LOCOMOTIVES LIKE OLD 144 retired CPR engineer tells Flare Square spectators about the old days Stampede display Engineer cooked meals in fire box RIDER HAZEL WALKER WAS A STAR AT modern cowgirls wont better time slot alls didn't wear out, they usually charred out," he recalls. Mr. Hall doesn't regret that the days of the old fire-breathing locomotives are gone for good. "I have stood here in the winter, firing the engine, and my overalls would be smoking. Yet there would be ice on the steel valves." "In those days, your over Aloof Afghans assessed she says is that very few women can make a living from rodeo.

Also many are students, have families or jobs which restrict mobility. If women in the CRGA joined the professional ranks of the CRCA they would have to travel too far and it. would be difficult to points to reach year-end competitions. Right now the 350 member association is "sitting on the fence riding two horses" on the issue of professional and amateur status says Church. It decided to be neutral so that women could compete a number of rodeos without the burden of high travel costs and extended absences from home or jobs.

Mrs. White points out that old steam "locomotive which heads Canadian Pacific's train on display at Flare Square. Old Number 144 was built in Montreal in 1S36, and saw 73 years of service before retirement in 1959. Les Hall worked with steam engines like this one for about 20 years before diesel locomotives took their place. "Diesels changed the job completely!" said Mr.

Hall. But that doesn't mean he is nostalgic for the days of the steam engines. "It took a lot of skill to run them, but at the same time, they were so hot and smoky. Coal the smell of it you can never forget it, you know." He said the steam locomotives used to be air-conditioned hot in the summer and cold in the winter. By Christine Bye tHerjid ste Writer Nothing tastes quite so good as a steak cooked on a coal shovel over the roaring fire of a steam locomotive.

At least that's the way Les Hall feels about it. Back in the "old days" when Les was a steam engineer on the CPR, that's the way he used to prepare his supper. He'd place a steak on the coal shovel, dump a few sliced potatoes and carrots alongside, and shove it in the engine's fire box. Five -minutes later, a great meal. At 68, he still knows all there is to know about steam engines.

And throughout the Stampede, he has been sharing his knowhow with thousands of curious spectators trooping through the 99-year- By Kris Klaasen heram Staff Writer Where have all the cowgirls gone? Time was when women were contestants in Stampede rodeo events like saddie-bronc riding, trick roping and bull-dogging. That was back at the first Stampedes in 1912 and 1919 But in 1975 a look through the Stampede's official souvenir guide lists K) infield events, none specifically for women, with a purse close to $90,000, the largest in the world. What the guide doesn't mention is that ladies barrel racing contests are held in the mornings with a purse of $1,500. It also neglects to name barrel racing champions on the two pages where champion cowboys in the 10 events are listed. The fact is that the Canadian Girl's Rodeo Association (CGRA) has been trying "for years and years and years" to get recognition for the event by attempting to land it in an afternoon slot, according to.

the 1972 ladies barrel racing champion. Frances Church, who has also competed in six of seven national barrel, racing says the "prejudices and bias e-s of a few Stampede Board officials" has kept the proposal in the chutes. "Every major rodeo In Canada and the U.S. features ladies barrel racing in the afternoon," she says. The notable exceptions are lessly matted and the dog has to be shaved.

"Then it looks like a she said. Although she didn't realize the amount of work involved in caring for Fatima before buying her, Mrs. Schmalzried was prepared for the job: she was a hairdresser before she quit work to look after her Afghan. Afghans were originally bred as sight-hunting dogs, using their eyes instead of their noses to hunt leopard, tiger, and deer. Cliff Hollaifd of Mission, B.C owner of Mara's The Solitary Man, says the dogs have distinct personalities.

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to 1 P.M. the rodeos in Calgary and Cheyenne, Wyoming. Although Canadian women aren't riding broncs their American counterparts are. The reason is that the CGRA doesn't have tie funds to make horses available and the climate is not conducive to lengthy training. Calgary Stampede rodeo manager and arena director Winston Bruce says ladies barrel racing is saddled with a morning slot because of time restrictions.

He also 't think it's crowd pleasing nor does he consider it a rodeo event. "Putting it in the afternoon would be like having a dogfight at a stock car race," he says. Mrs. Church points out that the event takes about eight minutes to run. She argues that barrel racing is crowd pleasing citing the results of an applause meter test for the event at a rodeo in San Francisco's Cow Palace.

"It was in the top three consistently throughout the week," she says. Competitors In the Stampede rodeo must be full members of the Canadian Rodeo Cowboy's Association (ARCA). This is the first year in Its 32 year history that the association has opened its doors to women. At present the CRCA has 567 regular members, none of them women, and. 750 permit holders.

The permit fee for cowboys is $30 while it is pegged at $20 for women. The low-rate permit, which is issued to barrel racers, is an excuse for the association to hold back benefits for women says Diane White, the 1973 all-round ladies champion. She says the CRCA doesn't put up a purse for a year-, end race competition and that women are rarely mentioned in the newsletter. Another point of contention is purse money on the circuits. In the U.S.

women are i for the same amounts as men says Mrs. Church. Last year the Stampede raised the ladies barrel racing purse to $1,500 from $300 after considerable pressure from the CRGA. Mrs. Church says the Stampede Board also made an agreement to try running the contest finals In the afternoon.

She says the board told the CRGA if crowd reaction was good it would consider a daily afternoon slot. In the fall the CRGA wrote the board asking for a verdict. "We never got a reply," says Mrs. Church. Another major problem Select Your CLASSICAL RECORDS SCOT'S MUSIC CENTRE LTD.

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