PRCA Cowboy Chris Mason lowers his head in prayer at the start of the rodeo Bull riding event in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
THERE'S A HUNDRED YEARS OF HISTORY AND A HUNDRED BEFORE THATALL GATHER IN THE THINKING GOING ON BENEATH HIS HAT.THE COLD FLAME BURNS WITHIN HIM TILL' HIS SKIN'S AS COLD AS ICEAND THE DUES HE PAID TO GET HERE ARE WORTH EVERY SACRIFICE.ALL THE MILES SPENT SLEEPY DRIVING, ALL THE MONEY DOWN THE DRAINALL THE "IF I'S" AND "NEARLY" ALL THE BANDAGES AND PAIN.ALL THE FEMALE TEARS LEFT DRYIN AND THE FEAVER IN THE FIGHTARE JUST A SMALL DOWN PAYMENT ON THE RIDE HE MAKES TONIGHT.IT'S GUTS, LOVE AND GLORY, ONE MORTALS CHANCE AT FAME.HIS LEGACY IS RODEO,AND COWBOY IS HIS NAME.
US Paratrooper Chris Mason