25 years ago:
It wasn’t a rodeo, but it did include riders and an occasional bucking horse. The event was an English-style riding and jumping show held Sunday at the Panhandle-South Plains Fairgrounds Livestock Pavilion and sponsored by Southwest Hunter-Jumper Association.
50 years ago:
Lubbock police, long used to hearing the anguished pleas of drivers, have a plea of their own for this weekend’s big game between Texas Tech and Texas. “Whether your team wins or loses, don’t express your enthusiasm, or lack of it, by running over a fellow fan — or a policeman.”