When I was a boy with big roping dreams growing up in Bloomfield, New Mexi co, what made the big dogs tick was mostly a mystery to me. I'd hear people talk about the Chowchilla Stampede and the Oakdale 10 Steer. California was cowboy country—and big-time team roping country—back then. But that was before the Internet and cell phones. So I didn’t grow up getting to see any of it for myself.
