| 1913 through 1915 - World Champion Trick and Fancy Roper |
Bee Ho held the title of World Champion Trick and Fancy Roper from 1913-1915. Tex McLeod had held the title the previous year. Bee Ho won the title at "The Stampede" in Winnipeg, Canada by performing a new trick he had originated. The trick is called the "three-rope catch" and involved catching a horse and rider with three ropes as they passed at a full speed (see photo below). The trick called for the exact placement of the ropes with one around the horse's neck, one around the rider's torso and one around all four legs of the horse. In addition to his three-rope catch, he managed to rope seven horses with one lasso as they passed. That was the record at that time. Some accounts say Bee Ho held the title for a total of five years. According to a few newspaper articles, he also held the title for two years in the 1920s. |
Bee Ho lost the title of World Champion Trick and Fancy Roper in 1916 when he was beat by Chester Byers at The New York Stampede at Sheepshead Bay near New York City in August of that year. The Stampede was a major historical rodeo event promoted by Guy Weadick. Bee Ho is mentioned as one of the main competitors on page 141 of "Bill Pickett, Bull Dogger" (by Colonel Bailey C. Hanes, ISBN 0-8061-1391-X, University of Oklahoma Press). The Stampede attracted up to 25,000 people per day. Theodore Roosevelt visited the contests. Will Rogers was on hand almost every day and discussed Bee Ho's roping ability in an article for the program of The Stampede. On the last day of The Stampede, Will invited the contestants to join him to appear in a special performance of the Ziegfiled Follies at the New Amsterdam Theatre. It's very likely that Bee Ho performed there that evening since he was already well acquainted with Rogers. The article below (Western Horseman, November, 1969) tells about Bee Ho holding the title and later losing it to Mr. Byers. |
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| Bee Ho is mentioned as one of the top trick ropers in the country in a Time Magazine article called "Circuit Riders". |
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