Texas Rodeo Show Ordered Expulsion By Switzerland
GENEVA. Oct. 25.—Forty cowboys and cowgirls of the Texas Cowboy Rodeo were ordered to be expellee from Switzerland after a fight tonight between the cowboys and the police. The fight started when a Swiss named Michaud accepted a challenge to ride a horse called Income Tax for 1000 Swiss francs. Michaud maintained that he rode the horse as required. The cowboys declared that he rode only an old horse called Plug. Police uniforms were lorn and damaged to the extent of 1000 francs in the ensuing fight, and the cowboys' leader, Larry Sunbrock, was ordered to pay that amount-
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Wanganui Chronicle, 28 October 1948, Page 6
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