It's easy to look at these cowboy tools for their function, but upon closer inspection, the expression of the individual makers comes alive and becomes art. By the 20th century, silver was au rigueur in the designs and contrasted Texas spurs with their nickel, copper, bronze and brass.
While Texans remained loyal to their utilitarian, hard-working, simple styles, other western and rocky mountain makers like Phillips & Gutierrez and Rex Schnitger of Wyoming and Eddie Hulbert of Montana were beginning to add flourishes and designs unheard previously unheard of including ornate inlays, jinglebobs, double rowels and split Cheyenne heel bands. Later these individuals broadened and incorporated though legendary western saddleries like G S Garcia of Elko, Nevada, Messing & Sons of San Jose, California, and the Visalia Stock Saddle Company of San Francisco. Spanish colonial and early Mexican spurs transcended the mundane and utilitarian in both form and adornments as the fanciful and regal charro culture crept into the burgeoning California styles popularized by individual makers like Jose and Jesus Tapia (1831-1931), Atanasio Larios (1832-1895), Jose and Vicente Mardueno (1828-1933), the Hernandez family (1841-1900s), Albert Espinosa (1858-1937), J J and John Estrada (1931-1942) and Mike Morales (1888-1934), who were among the most popular independent makers of fine silver, enhanced iron bits and spurs. Mexican Vaqueros and later, Californios, became known for the more colorful and intricate designs that captured the eyes of both the onlookers and horsemen people who used them. However, before long, artists began adding silver, gold and other embellishments to enhance the look of both the horses and their riders. These earliest examples were simple, rugged, sensible strong and utilitarian. With everyone guaranteed three, the rounds will pay out on time, while the average pays out on the score.Though equestrian gear has been popular in Europe, South America and Mexico (Spanish Colonial) for centuries, many of the traditional early American Cowboy bits and spurs that helped settle the west originally came through the August Buermann Company founded in New Jersey in 1868. The futurity is 75% payback, and it will pay out over three guaranteed go-rounds as well as an average.
Score good, rate good, handle and face, it’s not about how fast you do it.” What is the format of the Badlands Bits & Spurs Futurity? The simple way I tell everybody: If you have a horse that does things right, you have a real good chance to win something. “Everybody was really happy with the cattle last year,” Harris said. Those same cattle will be roped in the $5,000-added 5- and 6-year-old Maturity division on August 24, so by the time they get to the main event on August 25, the cattle will be as even and ready-to-rope as possible. Harris insures he has Mexican cattle for the futurity that they’ll rope at a jackpot the Tuesday before the event to sort through. That’s the main thing.” What type of cattle will they rope at the Badlands Bits & Spurs Futurity? “The reining, cutting, cow horse, they all have 4-year-olds. “I would like to see some more 4-year-old futurities,” Harris said. Open to any horse- not just those eligible for incentives- the Badlands Bits & Spurs Futurity is the place to showcase those colts, as well as those from any other great program, big or small, across the country. From the Fultons to the Myers to the Cowans and more, the Dakotas have produced legends like A Streak Of Fling, Frenchmans Guy and Sun Frost and their hundreds of iconic offspring. Some of the best young horses in the business have come from the Badlands, where the big, rocky country and tough climate has created hearty horses on famed working ranches for generations.
They shouldn’t be so pressured up at 4.” Why did the Badlands Bits & Spurs Futurity come about? A 4-year-old can still make mistakes and do well. This gives everybody an opportunity to start a real nice young horse, bring him up the right way and have somewhere to go with him. “Having a futurity for 4-year-olds in this region just makes great sense. “Forever, people came to South Dakota to look for big geldings,” Harris said. Plus, there’s nowhere like Rapid City, South Dakota to host it. They add $20,000 to the 4-year-old futurity, and Priefert donates chutes to the winning head horse and heel horse. The Metalab Brand is for any discipline or training purpose. Organized by ProRodeo Hall of Fame Heeler Bobby Harris and his partner JD Gerard, it’s the only futurity of its kind designed specifically to highlight the best 4 year olds in the game. The most extensive selection of bits, spurs & stirrups. There’s nowhere in all of team roping quite like the Badlands Bits & Spurs Futurity.
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