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Fannie sperry steele quotes about happiness

          Fannie Sperry Steele, Winnipeg A hundred years ago bronc busting didn't have the life-saving luxury of a buzzer going off after eight seconds.

          “To the yesterdays that are gone, to the cowboys I used to know, to the bronc busters that rode beside me, to the horses beneath me, I take off my hat..

          966: Fannie Sperry Steele

          Bronc Rider and Rodeo Performer

          Born: 27 March 1887, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States of America

          Died: 11 February 1983, Helena, Montana, United States of America

          Fannie’s mother taught her to ride by the time she could walk.

          She was one of five children, all of whom broke wild horses so their father could sell them.

          In 1904, Fannie made her first rodeo appearance in a relay race at the Montana State Fair. Three years later, she transitioned to bucking horse competitions.

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        1. By Bennett Owen.
        2. “To the yesterdays that are gone, to the cowboys I used to know, to the bronc busters that rode beside me, to the horses beneath me, I take off my hat.
        3. This is the story of legendary rancher and women bronc rider Fannie Sperry Steele.
        4. “If there aren't any horses in heaven, I don't want to go,” World Champion Saddle Bronc Rider Fanny Sperry Steele told a New York public relations consultant in.

          5. Fannie was so good at the competitions she earned the title “Lady Bucking Horse Champion of the World,” in 1912 and again in 1913.

          Fannie was the only woman to ride her entire career without tying her stirrups under the horse’s belly.

          Other women did so so that the horse would not be able to completely throw them off, but Fannie believed “hobbling,” as the practice was called, was even more dangerous than riding without being tied on. If the horse rolled, the ride