Montana is known for it’s summer rodeo schedule that is included with every state and county fair. As a kid there were two rodeos that I always kept track of, my home town, the Wolf Point “Wild Horse” Stampede, always the second week of July, and the world famous Miles City “Bucking Horse” Sale. These rodeos would bring out the bull riders hoping to win the prize purse with the goal of not breaking any bones. Along with the bull rider, the other character in the ring was the rodeo clown, also known as the "barrelman". The rodeo clown has several duties including; entertaining the crowd between events, providing comic relief as well as heckling the rodeo announcer, and most important to protect the rider from the bull once the rider has been bucked off. The clown is really a protection athlete working to distract the bull from the rider. The rodeo clown is exposed to great danger. They frequently wear bright baggy fitting clothes designed to tear away with protective ge