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Nov. 3, 2007

Going With His Gut, in Steer Roping, Mediation

As a competitive roper who took up the sport in his 50s, Benjamin Card is living the life of a Renaissance cowboy. And he's good at it. The 67-year-old lawyer and mediator has won several big buckles, money and other awards at rodeo events all over Southern California.

By Peter B. Matuszak
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - Nine seconds will do, but six seconds could win.
      In an explosion of pounding hoofs and twirling ropes, the perfect moment arrives. One cowboy loops the raging steer's horns. The other lassoes the heels. The animal thunders to the ground, and the heat is over in just more than a blink of the eye.
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