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100 1 _aLa Mar, Bud
245 1 4 _aThe bar act
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aProduced from the September 25, 1928 issue of Short Stories magazine.
500 _aRelease date is 2026-03-04
508 _aPrepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net)
520 _aThe 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.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1928
653 _aShort stories
653 _aWestern stories
653 _aCowboys -- Fiction
653 _aTexas -- Fiction
653 _aRodeos -- Fiction
830 0 _aProduced from the September 25, 1928 issue of Short Stories magazine.
856 4 _uhttps://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/PU/SHST_1928_09_25.pdf
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78116
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