The First Bulldogger and the Cowtown Coliseum

by Gary Holmes

Title

The First Bulldogger and the Cowtown Coliseum

Artist

Gary Holmes

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Photograph - Digital Photography

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The historic 1908 Cowtown Coliseum backlights a statue of Bill Pickett, a black cowboy who invented bulldogging as a rodeo event. According to the plaque on the base of the statue, "THE FIRST BULLDOGGER": W.M. "Bill" Pickett (1870-1932) originated the rodeo event of bulldogging, known today as steer wrestling. Native Texan Pickett developed a unique style of bulldogging, which hade him world famous as a wild west show and rodeo performer. Bill would leap from the left side of his horse, catch the steer by the horns, twist
the animal's neck until he was able to reach over ans sink his teeth into the steer's lip.
In 1908, Pickett appeared in the Coliseum during the Fort Worth Stock Show. It was one of several performances here. Bill died of injuries received when he was kicked in the head by a wild horse while working for the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch."
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Gary Holmes, photographer: I have always loved to photograph nature, landscapes, abstract, and other found objects of interest. Although I have staged single and group portraits and still life photographs, I prefer the challenge of trying to capture the unpredictable spontaneity of things and events as they are occurring. I started with a Kodak Brownie as a child, but entered the world of real photography with a Canon AE-1 in the late 1970's. I have successfully sold a number of my photographs on Fine Art America, and have won several awards, including an Editors' Choice on 500px, as well as a 5-star Editor's Choice designation in Camerapixo's Hot Shots photo magazine, Volume 4. (http://issuu.com/camerapixo/docs/hotshots-camerapixo-04/1).

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