User:Binksternet/Bill Simon Betty Simon Spaniard

• Bill Simon (horseman) born William Ignatius Simon, 1890 Philadelphia (March 18, 1890 – October 25, 1976)
• Betty Simon born Logan Elizabeth Sinclair, 1905 Los Angeles
• Spaniard (cutting horse), produced by crossing a thoroughbred with a Spanish pony. certificate of ability #112. Born 1946. Put to sleep on October 23, 1972.
• Settin' Hen (cutting horse), AQHA #14870
• Mousetrap (cutting horse) (originally named Red Feather), too short to be a registered quarter horse
• Clay Pigeon (cutting horse)
• Patsy Ashwood (cutting horse)
• Nigger (cutting horse) owned by Benny Binion
• Budge Ruffner

Sources

• "Ford Officials See Local Cutting Horse Exhibition". Prescott Courier. November 3, 1950.
• "Cutting Horse Field Loses Settin' Hen". Prescott Courier. May 22, 1951.
• "Stock Magazine Pays Phippen, Simon Honor". Prescott Courier. September 19, 1956.
• Lee, Katie (1976). Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle: A History of the American Cowboy in Song, Story, and Verse (3 ed.). UNM Press. p. 67. ISBN 0826323359.
• "Cow Sense Needed By Cutting Horse". Nevada State Journal. June 26, 1954.
• "Two Prescott Horses Are State Champions". Prescott Courier. November 23, 1955.
• "Little Sorrel Mare Mousetrap Recalled Well in These Parts". Prescott Courier. September 23, 1953.
• "Woman Rodeo Rider Concentrates On Coordination With Her Horse". The Pueblo Star-Journal. August 25, 1951. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
• "Woman Rodeo Rider Concentrates On Coordination With Her Horse". The Pueblo Chieftain. August 25, 1951. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
• "Simons Complete Fair, Horse Show Circuits". Prescott Courier. August 29, 1951.
• "Cutting Horse Show on TV". Prescott Courier. February 1, 1954.
• "Cutting Horse Prize Upped". Prescott Courier. June 29, 1951.
• Simpson, Claudette (May 16, 1975). "Tribute To A Cowboy: Even After Retirement, 'Wild' Bill Simon Sits Tall In The Saddle". Prescott Courier.
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ca9aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4E8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6311,2639771&dq=spaniard+cutting-horse&hl=en Simons Stage Cutting Show
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dLtaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H1ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4672,73302&dq=spaniard+cutting-horse&hl=en Bill Simon dead at 86
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0blaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FlADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6299,4120438&dq=spaniard+cutting-horse&hl=en Quarterhorse
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iqFaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k08DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4517,4165034&dq=mousetrap+cutting-horse&hl=en Mousetrap is Arizona Cutting Horse Champ
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7LJaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6k8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3666,2865555&dq=mousetrap+cutting-horse&hl=en Laurels Won By Mousetrap
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a6FaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k08DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4910,2345405&dq=mousetrap+cutting-horse&hl=en Point Is Won By Mousetrap
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nq9aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4E8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2747,5232056&dq=mousetrap+cutting-horse&hl=en Event Is Won By Mousetrap
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cKFaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k08DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5014,2674553&dq=mousetrap+cutting-horse&hl=en Event Taken By Mousetrap
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iqFaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k08DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5768,4163981&dq=mousetrap+cutting-horse&hl=en Mousetrap Is Arizona Cutting Horse Champ
• http://books.google.com/books?id=LpjjAAAAMAAJ&q=simon+%22cutting+horse%22&dq=simon+%22cutting+horse%22&source=bl&ots=aQ8ONOLhDB&sig=S0vU5ij2MSC7BpAGw0ZC-DL6sG4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=McdKUOGXFcPqrAGLrYC4Dg&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAg Arizona Highways 1952 "The trainer can smooth out his performance a little, teach him the fundamentals of balance," Simon says, "and keep him in working trim, but that's about the limit of educating the cutting horse. He never forgets how to work, no matter how long..."
• http://books.google.com/books?id=qConAQAAIAAJ&q=simon+%22cutting+horse%22&dq=simon+%22cutting+horse%22&source=bl&ots=JOaFGIe0Ls&sig=eKG87Jfuynrs1WpCylq5c2iVIdM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=McdKUOGXFcPqrAGLrYC4Dg&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBA Arizona Cattlelog 1954 "MOUSE TRAP, the sorrel mare owned and ridden by Bill Simon, is Arizona's new cutting horse champion. Her high points for 1954 won her the championship buckle of the State at the A.C.H.A. finals, held at the Quarter Horse Show in Prescott..."
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SzlPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BlADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4874,847438&dq=simon+cutting-horse&hl=en Bill Simon Cheers Prospect of Local Cutting Horse Meet
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UI1aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ElADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4008,6567245&dq=simon+cutting-horse&hl=en Cutting Horses Given Special Recognition
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ErJaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CFADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3758,4998216&dq=simon+cutting-horse&hl=en Cutting Horses Show in Canada
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xxgMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DVADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3672,266842&dq=simon+cutting-horse&hl=en Prescott Horses Win in Contest
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p6FaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k08DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6313,6078820&dq=simon+cutting-horse&hl=en Three Horses Win Honors
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wbJaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6k8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5131,282305&dq=betty-simon+cutting-horse&hl=en McCue Takes Show Honors
• http://www.sharlot.org/archives/photographs/smi/index.php?FILE=smi&search_smi=1&IsForm2=1&phrase=Simon%2C+Bill Sharlot Hall photos
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y7JaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6k8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3918,887920&dq=bill-simon+mousetrap&hl=en "First Is Won By Mousetrap"
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FF4nAAAAIBAJ&sjid=608DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6443,885658&dq=bill-simon+mousetrap&hl=en 15,000 Watch
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oaFaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k08DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6309,5688528&dq=bill-simon+mousetrap&hl=en Buckeye Lists Cutting Event
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jq9aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4E8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5101,4298323&dq=bill-simon+mousetrap&hl=en County Horses Grab Prizes
• http://www.worldsoldestrodeo.com/pdfs/PastChampions_2011.pdf
• Presentation to Prescott Corral of Westerner's by Gail Gardner and Bill Simon, "Frontier Days Past," June 27, 1969. Audio recording, length 45:23
• http://liveauction.highnoon.com/E-F-Blanchard-Yucca-AZ-Spurs_i8774174
• http://www.cowboyshowcase.com/blanchard.htm
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=897&dat=19601102&id=BRVPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eU4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5055,6636716 Bill Simon's Comedy Horse Act Is Back on the Road
• Western Horseman. February 1960. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link) Article about Mousetrap and Spaniard
• http://www.cowboypoetry.com/gardner.htm
• The Last Wagon (1971), documentary by Katie Lee. Shows Gail Gardner, Bill and Betty Simon, footage of Bill working horses
• White, John Irwin (1975). Git Along, Little Dogies: Songs and Songmakers of the American West. University of Illinois Press. p. 129. ISBN 0252003276.
• "Tying Knots in the Devil's Tail"
• Brunvand, Jan (1998). American Folklore: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 667. ISBN 0815333501.
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=op4nAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9k8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4530,1698526&dq=bill-simon+rodeo&hl=en Holiday Crowd of 4000 Looks On At Third Day Rodeo Events
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rKINAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Bk8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6245,1686219&dq=bill-simon+rodeo&hl=en Award Special Rodeo Prizes
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aFMwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7k8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6486,2114961&dq=bill-simon+rodeo&hl=en "Fast Time for Rodeo Events is Announced", "Rodeo Briefs", (next page} "Men like Billy Simon in boots,/ With a full dress suit around them, / Dance as well as any galoots, / Although the flappers may hound them."
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aFMwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7k8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6486,2114961&dq=bill-simon+rodeo&hl=en Large Second Day Crowd Sees Rodeo Performers Buckle Down
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dq9aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4E8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4651,2944576&dq=bill-simon+rodeo&hl=en Contest Won By Mousetrap
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=alMwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7k8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6415,2232959&dq=bill-simon+rodeo&hl=en All Attendance Records Broken As 47th Annual Is Ended
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wp8NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-E4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3486,1159017&dq=bill-simon+rodeo&hl=en List Special Winners
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FgJTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xzcNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5451,645908&dq=bill-simon+rodeo&hl=en Tom Mix Barred by Skill From Entering in Cowboy Contest
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E6ANAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-E4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6153,787763&dq=bill-simon+rodeo&hl=en Interest Keen In July Show
• http://www.google.com/patents/US2186350 US Patent for "Leverage Hackamore Bridle", William I. Simon, 1939 filed, 1940 issued.
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=897&dat=19440701&id=nB1TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9oEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6214,865035 New Hackamore Bit's Principle is Leverage
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3Z8NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-E4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6187,1100518&dq=bill-simon+rodeo&hl=en Society and Clubs
• http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=OG19211031.2.7 Entertainments. Central Theatre Pictures.
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pi0cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OlwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5583,3565690&dq=bill-simon+rodeo&hl=en (continued) Gail tucked it away in his memory
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=flRPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EFADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6178,3745262&dq=bill-simon+rodeo&hl=en Highlights (Bill Simon gives a hackamore)
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TDtPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D1ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6237,5239851&dq=bill-simon+tucson&hl=en Simon, Famed Quarter Horse Break Into TV
  • Also: The Arizona Daily Star, April 21, 1950, "Working, Race Horses To Make Video Debut" (mentions Bill Simon riding Settin' Hen)
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0qhMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h1ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6132,716218&dq=bill-simon+tucson&hl=en Brief Items in the Daily Life of Prescott
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QqBaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SE8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6273,461923&dq=bill-simon+tucson&hl=en $1000 Is Raised From Calf Plan
• http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/azcentral/access/2036478432.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+05%2C+1920&author=&pub=Arizona+Republican+%281890-1922%29&desc=ABOUT+THE+STATE&pqatl=google "Festive Bulls Are Sold" 1920. "Bill Simon breezed in town Wednesday just having returned from Los Angeles."
• http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=KC&p_theme=kc&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF403984CAA79D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Betty Simon Obituary, Kansas City Star
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C6pMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jFADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4330,4853916&dq=billy-simon&hl=en Billy Simon and his Saw Sing for Club
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ODAxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S08DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2320,5292492&dq=billy-simon&hl=en Intelligent Dog of 'Billy' Simon Meets Death at Hands of Poisoner
• http://newspaperarchive.com/winslow-mail/1914-10-03/page-5/ Advertisement for Northern Arizona Fair in Phoenix, 1914
• "'Cowboy Capital of the World' – Stamp would brand oldest rodeo". Describes first rodeo in Paris 1918, Bill Simon wins bronc riding event.
• http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/setting+hen Setting Hen pedigree
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=897&dat=19541025&id=oaFaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k08DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6309,5688528 Buckeye Lists Cutting Event
• "Setting Hen... Wins New Fans for 'Cuttin' Horses'", November 21, 1950, Quarter Horse News
• Arizona Farmer, December 6, 1952, "Famous Cutting Horse Combination Splits Up" (Bill Simon and horse owner Clay Floyd split up. Floyd gets Clay Pigeon, Simon gets Spaniard and Mousetrap)
• "Arizona Couple Here Promoting Cutting Horses; Two Entries Win In Local Show", August 7, 1952, Big Timber Pioneer, Big Timber, Montana
• "Cutting Horses Appearing Here During Local Contest Among Best In Nation", September 4, 1952, The Wheatland Times, Wheatland, Wyoming
• Arizona Stockman, March 1954, "Patsy Ashwood Takes Novice Cutting Contest"
• "Frontier Days Attract Bill, Betty Simon", June 27, 1958, unknown newspaper
• "Simon's Comedy Horse Act To Be at Rodeo", The Edna Herald