Title supplied by cataloger. A mechanical bull is a machine-operated ride that replicates the sensation of riding a bull. These machines are frequently used for rodeo training, enabling the bull rider to refine their skills without the risk and unpredictability of a live bull. Mechanical bulls gained enormous popularity with the release of the 1980 movie "Urban Cowboy", and are now commercially used as stationary entertainment in places such as bars, restaurants and clubs. The mechanical bull includes a saddle and often a model head of a bull, complete with horns. A "Quick Stop" motor allows the operator to safely regulate the bull's "Buck-and-Spin" motion, and its speed can be adjusted from very slow for beginners, to a more advanced speed for experts and professional riders. The Tahquitz Dude Ranch in Palm Springs. View 3 shows several people - some wearing suits, but most dressed in cowboy attire, that have gathered to watch this dude ranch activity. Four men appear to be maneuvering a type of riding apparatus, which a fifth man is falling off of, as those gathered around cheer the rider on. Several men sitting on a tall wooden fence are playing instruments. This contraption might have been the early "prototype" of the "mechanical bull" ride, which is so popular today.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 14 m. on sheet 21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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