On 6/7/2012 4:45 PM, Jim Whitworth wrote:
> As a kid, Roy& Trigger and Dale& Buttermilk were THE favorites of the era to appear year after year at the Houston rodeo, in the old Sam Houston Coliseum in downtown Houston. At the end of their performances, they always rode around the edge of the arena shaking hands (touching hands) with the masses of kids like me who would crowd down from all over the stadium into the high dollar ring side seats for the chance to see their heros up close& personal. They always a smile& kind word. Both were great role models for the kids of that generation.
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They used to come to NYC too, and I'd see them at Madison Square Garden
where I shook Roy's hand every year.... I got to see them once at
Springfield Mass too....
When I met Roy, after we chatted for a while I looked at him intently
and said, "Don't you recognize me?" He got that worried "where do I
know her from look and I let him off the hook and said, "Madison Square
Garden... 1951, 1952, 1953........."
He looked at me, got it and burst out laughing...... as if he'd remember
this little kid some 50 years later :D
I loved making him laugh....
Hunter
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