The La Mar, Bud creator text utu 2026 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats 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.) Release date is 2026-03-04 Prepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net) Originally published: New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1928 Short stories Western stories Cowboys -- Fiction Texas -- Fiction Rodeos -- Fiction PS New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1928 https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/PU/SHST_1928_09_25.pdf https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78116 https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/PU/SHST_1928_09_25.pdf https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78116 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134818.0 78116