THE RIDIN’ COMET
FIRST NATIONAL THRILL Horsemanship :.s second nature to Yakima Canutt. gangling youth of the prairies, who comes in an F. 8.0. production, released by First National to thrill local theatregoers in his latent Western production, “The Ridifi’ Comet,” in which Canutt has a record a yard long achieved in many of tlfe big rodeos. Canutt, as a rider, is no overnight development. He rode his first contest at the age of 16 and won the country championship at Colfax Washington. At the age of 20 he rode a tie for the world's championship. At 21 he won the world's championship in 1917. In 1928 he was In the army, and the next year re-won the riding belt. In 1920 lie won the bull-dojf-ging championship and the all-round cowboy belt. He repeated the dupleg achievement in 1923. That year fee won the Roosevelt trophy, which Is given for high points in contests; at Cheyenne and Pendleton.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 57, 30 May 1927, Page 13
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158THE RIDIN’ COMET Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 57, 30 May 1927, Page 13
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