02372cam a22003853u 4500 78116 UtSlPG 20260610134818.0 m cr n 260607r20261928utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS La Mar, Bud The bar act Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2026 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Produced from the September 25, 1928 issue of Short Stories magazine. Release date is 2026-03-04 Prepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net) 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. Leonard Carter, a celebrated trick rider known for unveiling last-minute stunts, alarms his rivals when the program lists his new “Bar Act.” They attempt to spy on him, only to be decoyed on a grueling night chase to a graveyard. At the show, Carter dazzles with standard tricks, then bolts a Ford axle to his saddle and spins on it at full gallop, electrifying the crowd. His competitors scramble to copy him with improvised bars—a windmill handle and a broomstick—and even a stolen trick rope, resulting in falls, a broken broomstick, and one rider injured during another stunt. After the uproar, the judges rule the Bar Act non-cowboy and exclude it, awarding first to a rival whose conventional riding held up, while Carter, having gambled on his invention and eased off elsewhere, loses out. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1928 Short stories Western stories Cowboys -- Fiction Texas -- Fiction Rodeos -- Fiction Produced from the September 25, 1928 issue of Short Stories magazine. https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/PU/SHST_1928_09_25.pdf https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78116 118836 118836