Harry Vold produced his first rodeo in 1944 when he joined his brothers to put on the Asker Stampede near the little community of Asker in southern Alberta, Canada. Today, the Harry Vold Rodeo Company is the premier producer of rodeos including Cheyenne Frontier Days and the National Finals Rodeo. Harry has been named Stock Contractor of the Year eleven times by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and is a member of both the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in the US and the Canadian Rodeo Hall of Fame. Author Loren R. Whittemore worked closely with Harry to write an important segment of the history of rodeo. Through Harry s recollections and family memories, the author evokes the days when rodeo week was the highlight of the ranchers year and rodeo stock was driven on trails from town to town . HERE IT IS! This is the book all the rodeo contestants, fans, committeemen, and contract performers have wanted to read forever. This is Harry Vold s life story. In it you’ll see Harry s career as a premier rodeo producer and stock contractor evolve right along with the sport of professional rodeo. You’ll see why Harry has reigned as THE DUKE OF THE CHUTES, been Stock Contractor of the Year eleven times, and wound up inducted in the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and the National Rodeo Hall of Fame. Such accolades gravitate naturally to a man like Harry, who personifies that Old West integrity in which contracts are sealed by word or a handshake. Enjoy this personable visit with the man who, after more than a half-century in the business, still brings the best broncs and bulls, and the finest in family entertainment, to rodeos throughout the West. --Randy Witte, Retired Publisher Western Horseman magazine Harry Vold is called THE DUKE OF THE CHUTES for a reason. Since 1944, Harry has left his mark and influence on rodeos from the Ponoka Stampede to the National Finals Rodeo. The Vold Rodeo Company is the premier rodeo stock contractor providing the bulls and broncs for rodeos large and small, historical and new.Author Loren R. Whittemore worked closely with Harry to write an important segment of the history of rodeo. Through Harry s recollections and family memories, the author evokes the days when rodeo week was the highlight of the ranchers year and rodeo stock was driven on trails from town to town.In the book you ll find names such as Leo J. Cremer, Harry Knight, Gene Autry, Andy Womack, Casey Tibbs, Jim Shoulders, Larry Mahan, and many other rodeo greats who have enriched the life and career of the Duke of the Chutes. Harry Vold is called THE DUKE OF THE CHUTES for a reason. Since 1944, Harry has left his mark and influence on rodeos from the Ponoka Stampede to the National Finals Rodeo. The Vold Rodeo Company is the premier rodeo stock contractor providing the bulls and broncs for rodeos large and small, historical and new.Author Loren R. Whittemore worked closely with Harry to write an important segment of the history of rodeo. Through Harry’s recollections and family memories, the author evokes the days when rodeo week was the highlight of the ranchers’ year and rodeo stock was driven on trails from town to town.In the book you’ll find names such as Leo J. Cremer, Harry Knight, Gene Autry, Andy Womack, Casey Tibbs, Jim Shoulders, Larry Mahan, and many other rodeo greats who have enriched the life and career of the Duke of the Chutes. Loren R. Whittemore was born and raised in Colorado. He has been involved in the cattle business all his life. Loren is also a history buff and lover of the western way of life. He edited and published the Rocky Mountain Quarter Horse magazine for more than twenty years and Cattle Guard magazine for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association for five years. He is the author of An Illustrated History of Ranching in the Pikes Peak Region and co-author of The Pikes Peak Range Riders. He and his wife, Judy, own and operate the family ranch in eastern Colorado.