Bill Pickett was a very remarkable man. He was a great example of a quintessential American. He set the standard for early 20th century cowboys. He was an extremely hard worker and was always full of ideas. Bill Pickett was also a very unique man. He never backed down from a challenge, especially the racial barriers and segregation that existed in Bill Pickett’s time period. Bill Pickett never backed down from any challenge, no matter how big or small the challenge was. The racial barriers in the early 20th century were extremely hard and kept African Americans from participating in hardly anything. He dropped out of school after the fifth grade to become a farm and ranch hand. He worked through tough times and he began to ride horses, which is where his love for riding and the sport of rodeo began. When he began to get more involved in his new career, he found that his ethnicity interfered with his ability to perform at his convenience. However, he did not let this stop him. When he needed to, he claimed that he was from Apache descent so that he could perform. This showed a characteristic of leadership and courage, which was appealing to the common person. He began to take on the title of role model and this is where his publicity began. Bill Pickett was always a very hard worker throughout his entire life. He was also full of ideas. One of his ideas is what sparked an entirely new concept in the sport of rodeo. This new idea was called bulldogging. Bulldogging is known as the skill of grabbing cattle by their horns and wrestling them down to the ground. Bill came up with this idea by watching bulldogs catch steers by wrestling them. He figured that if a bulldog could perform this feat, then he could also do the same, thus sparking the art of bulldogging. He worked day in and day out to master the art of bulldogging. He would ride hard right alongside the calf, jumping off of his horse, and wrestling the calf to the ground. This id