The Round Corral
The August Penning was really good.
40 Teams in the #16 Class
38 Teams in the Sorting Class
48 Teams in the #11 Class
38 Teams in the #9 Class
24 Teams in the #5 Class
Total Payback $4,099.94
Winners of the Sponsorship Awards for the 7/21/07 Penning
#9 Class
Team #3 Won the Coolers -
Denny Hogg, Kathy Hogg, Jennifer Lyons
Team #1 Won the Buckets/Fly Spray -
Amanda Dillaman, Josh Dillaman, Tom Reeder
The Cowboy Philosopher
COOK or COOKIE:
A cookie was the cook on the range when cowboys drove cattle. He was the most important person in camp and had to be quite resourceful in providing three hot square meals a day, rain or shine, cold or hot. Most were older white men, retired from cowboying but blacks, and foreign born men also fit the bill if they could cook up a storm. They were also called among other things, biscuit shooters, bean masters and belly cheaters. Since all the directions a drive took were guided by the North Star, it was the camp cooks duty each night to look up, note the North Star and turn the tongue of the chuckwagon toward it. That way, the next morning, the drive would know which way to head out.
