Dustin Rowen Gets Revenge in Second Night of Hangman Races

Dustin Rowen took revenge on his dad in the second night of the Hangman races at the Sheridan Rodeo as he beat his dad hands down Saturday.

Previously, Henry and Dustin had teamed up and nearly had it won, only for Henry to fall off his horse on the final turn and hand the victory to Cory DeMott’s team.

On Saturday, Dustin was looking for revenge against his dad. So he teamed up with Nick Joslin, while Henry, thinking maybe a girl was needed to show how to do a man’s job, tabbed Katie Burchett.

The race was off, but while Joslin was able to hang on the tire with no problems, Henry struggled with a slow horse and Katie nearly fell off the tire as she could barely hang on. It was no contest as Dustin easily took home the win and did a victory lap with Joslin in celebration.

Perhaps moving the funeral home sign off one of the main bucking chutes was better luck for the bull riders, as there were two qualified rides. Trey Hill (73 points) and Blake Moore (75 points) were able to successfully ride the always tough bulls at the Grand River Rodeo. A third rider, Daytona Lutz of Hopkins, nearly rode one, but planted the turf right before the buzzer sounded. 

Seth the Clown was anxious to get the show on; during a delay in the action, he suggested that if they took much longer to get the bull lined up, the Duggars, a reality show family with numerous children popular in some Christian circles, might have another baby. 

But much more serious matters were at hand when one of the bull contestants was tossed into the air, hit the bull with the back of his head and neck, and was knocked motionless. The Worth County Ambulance responded promptly, with them and numerous cowboys giving first aid. For the time being, all differences were set aside, and the cowboy contestants were all one team.

The irony of it was that the bull in question, “Juicy Fruit,” a regular at the Grand River Rodeo, nearly leveled one of the pickup men into the fence in the same arena several years ago, as told by Seth before the tumble happened.

Other than that, the second night of the rodeo went well except for Seth dropping the ball and failing to pick up Rodrigo, the world champion bull whip artist from Mexico City that the Sheridan CBC supposedly paid $3,000 for. Seth was supposed to pick of Rodrigo from the airport, but thought he was supposed to pick up the briefcase instead and there was no Rodrigo to perform his tricks. 

So Seth tried his best to imitate Rodrigo and demanded that he be paid the $3,000 instead. But when he brought out Coy, the bull fighter, out into the ring with a balloon, he haggled an agreement that if he cracked the whip and broke the balloon, he would get the $3,000. But when Seth cracked the whip and then ran up and broke the balloon with his hand, the announcer suddenly sharpened his pencil and declared that Seth had to finish the act before being paid, which entailed lighting the whip on fire and cracking it.

Seth freaked out at the the prospect of having to deal with real fire, but he obliged and everyone went home happy.