I see in this week’s Northern Argus that Clare is having a rodeo, it brings back memories of the last Clare Rodeo in the early ’40s, the war years, to raise money for the war effort.
There was a rodeo out at Stanley Flat Racecourse in 1936, the year of the state centenary. I was a boy of 11 years and got second prize in the poddy calf ride.
For the rodeo on the Clare Oval, I supplied the horses as well as riding. I was injured that day while riding a horse called “Sparks”.
I have lived all my life in Snowtown until a couple of years ago, due to ill health, I moved to Port Broughton.
LANCE JEISMAN
Port Broughton
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