When she was fifteen years old in 1917, Lael Buckley entered a county fair steer-riding event on a dare from her brother. She won the event, and twenty-five dollars in prize money - but most of all, she experienced the exhilaration of rodeo competition. Lael's parents were against it, but she persisted in her dream of becoming a rodeo professional. Along the way she would meet and perform with champion Louise Morris and hollywood cowboy Tom Mix. This unique and exciting story of a time and.