When I first got out of college I worked in Duncan for a few weeks and Junior Garrison let me keep my mare at his place at the Y north of town. Don Smith and Gale Turner were working for him at the time and they were training/selling roping horses and rodeoing. Lots of activity around that place in those days.
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: I remember watching the NFR a number of years
: ago and if I recall correctly Troy Pruitt
: was riding a Junior Lewis horse there. If I
: remember right I think they said he was only
: four years old. I remember him having
: some issues with the horse there which is
: to be expected with a four-year-old in that
: building
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: If I remember right he bought that gray
: horse
: off some amateur guy. Horse didn't stop or
: work the rope when he bought him. I saw him
: a lot in the midwest and there was times I
: thought they would have to cart those calves
: out of the arena.
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: I know we are talking about two Jrs. Jr
: Lewis
: could buy some amateur roper's horse who
: looked liked a $1500 dink and make him look
: like a star. He knew what he wanted in a
: horse. Your right right Roany that gray
: horse was about as good as they come. He may
: not been fast afoot , but he scored great
: and sure stopped. He had a App horse that
: worked like a dead ringer to gray. I didn't
: see those two horses he had at the end. One
: was the horse of the year and the other was
: close behind. Bet they had that same stamp
: as Grey!
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: I don't think I have seen a horse stop
: harder
: and destroy calves when they hit the end of
: the rope any more then the gray horse Baby
: Huey rode in the 70's.
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: I learned a lot from Jr Garrison and Jr
: Lewis.
: Even now as a old geezer roping in my home
: pen, I can still hear those guys hollering
: at me at ways to better my horsemanship and
: roping skills. Jr always had time to help.
: Jr was a good horseman, I think he learned
: from Slim Whaley.
: In 1970, he won the title riding that good
: paint horse that I can remember as one of
: the best. Mel Potter brought that horse a
: few years later. Watching Jr and Zane
: Tibbetts work their horses was a very good
: learning experience. They use to haul
: together.
: Rest in Peace Jr.
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: Maybe the most down to earth world champion
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