Nebraska Outfit Wins
Working Cowboy Rodeo

AMARILLO — Wilson-Sillasen Ranches, Arthur, Neb., won the 1997 Working Ranch Cowboys Association World Finals Rodeo here.

The Wilson-Sillasen team amassed a total of 67 points over three nights to best the YP Ranch, Tuscarora, Nev., with 55 points; the Turkey Track, Artesia, N.M., with 53; and Rancholme Cattle Co., Kaycee, Wyo., with 49.5.

Event winners include: bronc riding, Lee Hart, Paddy-Creek-Black Diamond Ranch, Morris County, Kan.; doctoring, Chain Land & Cattle Co., Dewey County, Okla.; wild cow milking, Nail Ranch, Albany, Texas; team penning, Pitchfork Ranch, Guthrie, Texas; branding, YP Ranch; and wild horse race, Wilson-Sillasen Ranches.

Getting the nod as top hand was Brad Wilson of Wilson-Sillasen Ranches. The top horse was Dusty, owned by Mike Jones, Chain Land & Cattle.

The oldest contestant was 62 year-old George Peacock, Nail Ranch foreman, the youngest eight year-old Nathan Kelly Jr., of the YP Ranch, and the hard luck cowboy was the Nail Ranch’s Johnny Stewart.

James Gholson of the Pitchforks showed Jewels to the top of the Ranch Horse Show, followed by Buster McClaury with Flakes, the Pitchforks’ Bob Moorhouse with Tex, and the Chain’s Casey Carson with Leslie.