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卡尔森(Travis
Carlson)正骑在没有套鞍具的野马背上，1996年的格里利独立竞技会
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科罗拉多州的7月4日
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许多美国境内的城市都有马术竞技会，但科罗拉多州的格里利市(Greeley)则拥有世上最大的7月4日马术竞技会。格里利市是以纽约论坛报(New
York Tribune)着名的新闻工作者何瑞斯格里利(Horace
Greeley)命名。他的名言之一为「向西部迈进，年青人，向西部迈进」(Go
west, Young Man, go west)。1869年时，他派一名记者到西部的科罗拉多州写一篇有关农场经营的故事。而这位名叫纳森米克(Nathan
C. Meeker)的记者因为太喜爱这地区，因而决定留在当地并创建了一个以他的老板为名的城镇。能够创建这座立基于互助、农业、灌溉及教育(尚且不论其他的特质)的成功社区得完全归功于米克的眼光。
每年，格里利的居民会透过马术竞技会来欢庆独立纪念日(Independence
Day)。早年的马术竞技会只是一个当地的聚会，但现在它却越来越受欢迎。1922年，前来参加马术竞技会的人超过10,000名，该镇正式将这场活动取名为「格里利的7月4日庆祝大会及Spud马术竞技会及马展」(Greeley
Fourth of July Celebration and the Spud Rodeo and Horseshow)。他们将其称为spud马术竞技会是因为spuds(马铃薯的另一个名称)是格里利的一项重要农业品。几年后，马术竞技会涌入越来越多的人，有名的牛仔则开始与当地的王牌牛仔较劲。现今的马术竞技会一连举办两个星期，而人们则将其称为格里利独立竞技会(Greeley
Independence Stampede)。
Many American cities have rodeos but Greeley, Colorado, has the "Worlds' Largest Fourth of July Rodeo." The city was named after Horace Greeley, a well-known newspaperman for the New York Tribune. One of his famous sayings was "Go west, Young Man, go west." In 1869, he sent one of his reporters west to Colorado to write a story about farming. The reporter, Nathan C. Meeker, liked the area so much he stayed and started a town named after his boss. It was Meeker's vision that helped establish a successful community based on, among other qualities, cooperation, agriculture, irrigation, and education.
Every year the people of Greeley celebrate Independence Day with a rodeo. In the early days, the rodeo was a small local event, but it grew more and more popular. In 1922, more than 10,000 people came to the rodeo, and the town officially named the event the "Greeley Fourth of July Celebration and the Spud Rodeo and Horseshow." They called it the spud rodeo because spuds (another name for potatoes) are an important crop grown around Greeley. A few years later, even more people came to the rodeo, when famous cowboys started competing with the local ranch hands. Today, the rodeo lasts for two weeks and is called the Greeley Independence Stampede.
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