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Rodeo fan circle their pickups at the Circle P Ranch corral as the light fades in late summer.

John Buckner gets a hand from a friend wiping mud from his face after a short ride and a hard fall from a bucking horse.

A bucking horse charges around the corral after launching his rider into the past. Curt McGraw works as pick-up man. 'These boys that try to ride these horses are just plain stupid. '

For $15 you could try to stay on a bull for eight seconds. T. C. McClure gets an extended ride on 'Paintbrush' after getting his hand caught in the rope.

Curt McGraw points out the dos and don'ts of riding bulls to Sunday writers. McGraw runs the rodeo with Woody Proffitt.

there's music, a little drinking and dancing on a pickup truck surrounding the corral. Dave Marsh, in the Army at Fort Eustis, dances between two pickups as he waits for the bull riding to begin.

Rodeo fans gather in the early summer evening at the Circle P to try their courage in riding a bull or just socializing with friends. The rodeo attracts mostly young folks in the military.

Cotton, left, takes a hit during a match in Tacoma. His philosophy; 'If I lost, I'd say, see next week. It wouldn't stop me!'

Cotton dodges the glove of Daniel Lozado of Juneau, Alaska at the Nile Temple's smoker. Cotton got his 4th win this night.

Willie burst kore, 'Coach bumblebee,' ties a pair of 12 oz gloves on Conn. They were last worn by a fighter who knocked out the Canadian champ.