While the Apache, Kiowa, Sioux, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Crow and others certainly prospered utilizing horses, none approached the expertise of the Comanches, who, within a few generations, so mastered horsemanship that Col. Unlike most other Indians, they selectively bred their own horses and even gelded them for battle, and they disdained the Apache practice of eating horseflesh. The Comanches’ astonishing horse- back rise to dominance of much of the Great Plains of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas was based on their unparalleled proficiency in all things equine. They had been kicked around and pushed hither and yon by other nations. Their society was flat and simple with neither religious nor military chiefs beyond the leaders of small hunting bands. Before that fateful meeting, Comanches, a branch of Shoshones from what is now Wyoming, had been considered a backward people by other Plains Indians. These questions can only be answered by first understanding the revolutionary encounter of the nomadic, buffalo-hunting Comanches with the horse. What was the Comanche Trail? What was it used for? How was it forged? According to Big Bend National Park archeologist Tom Alex, the remains of the trail’s networks in the park are readily apparent only from an aerial perspective these days, but it is still quite visible on the ground near Fort Stockton. Alex Summers tied for ninth with a three-round score of 218 after carding rounds of 76, 70, and 72.Įuan Gill finished tied for 17 th with a three-round total of 221 after posting rounds of 73, 73, and 75 and Rhaasrikanesh Kanavathi finished tied for 29 th with a three-round score of 227 with rounds of 73, 76, and 78.Ībilene Christian took home the team title with a three-round score of 860 after posting rounds of 300, 282, and 278.Ībilene Christian's Alex Clouse won the individual title with a three-round score of 210.Obscured by time and nature, the Comanche Trail that once cut through West Texas is now more a legend than a fact, but its traces can be found on old maps, in history books and novels and, in a few places, still engraved into the desert soil. Leonardo Novella finished tied for fifth just one shot back of Portelli with a three-round score of 215 after posting rounds of 71, 70, and 74. Portelli posted rounds of 73, 69, and 72 to finish just four shots off the lead. Luca Portelli led the Vaqueros with a fourth place finish with a three-round score of 214. The Vaqueros finished in second place in last year's Big Texan Invitational posting a three-round score of 865 with rounds of 290, 282, and 293. Sebastian Lundberg finished in 111 th with a three-round score of 230 after carding rounds of 79, 78, and 73 and Tennoshin Ogawa finished tied for 113 th with a three-round score of 232 with rounds of 76, 75, and 81. Leonardo Novella finished tied for 54 th with a three-round total of 217 after posting rounds of 75, 70, and 72. Juan Luis de Bethencourt Duque finished tied for 21 st with a three-round score of 212 with rounds of 71, 70, and 71. Sutherland posted rounds of 70, 71, and 69. Taj Sutherland led the Vaqueros with a three-round score of 210 to finish tied for 10 th place. The Vaqueros improved in each round to finish with a three-round score of 863 after posting rounds of 292, 286, and 285. UTRGV posted a 12 th place finish at the GCU Invitational last week. Austin, Incarnate Word, Odessa College, Southeastern Louisiana, Midland College, Seton Hall, UT Arlington, and Lehigh. There will be a 13-team field that will feature host UTRGV, Houston Baptist, Texas Southern, Northern Colorado, New Orleans, Stephen F. both days.Ĭomanche Trace Golf Course plays 7,059 yards and is a par 72. The 54-hole event will feature 36 holes on Monday and the final 18 holes on Tuesday with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. KERRVILLE – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men's golf team is back in action as they host The Big Texan Invitational starting on Monday at Comanche Trace Golf Course.
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