The bar act

by Bud La Mar

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The bar act by Bud La Mar is a Western short story written in the late 1920s. The tale explores a rodeo trick-riding contest upended by a mysterious new stunt dubbed “the Bar Act,” focusing on rivalry, ingenuity, and showmanship among hard-pressed cowboys.

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Topics: Cowboys -- Fiction · Rodeos -- Fiction · Short stories · Texas -- Fiction · Western stories