Cheyenne Frontier Days 2003 Challenge Rodeo By Juliette Rule Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE – “Hooowwdyyy,” the pint-sized crowd yelled from the arena. White cowboy hats tipped forward, and the audience applauded. It’s the Cheyenne Frontier Days Challenge Rodeo, and that welcome is a tradition all its own. The 60 or so special-needs children compete, ride, rope and run with the help of Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association members and others, who ferry kids to each event, snap pictures and offer them water in the noon heat. It’s a modified rodeo with big emotional appeal. “I’ve watched it so many...
