Add to ORKGPhotograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Yeeee Haaaaw! The National Finals Rodeo is underway! A capacity crowd of 8,524 thrilled to the spectacle and excitement of the best in proffesional rodeo Saturday night at the Fairgrounds Arena. All 92 contestants, the top cowboys in the country, first stirred the dirt of the arena floor at the opening of the week-long rodeo. In the National Finals' equivalent of the grand entry, comtestants from 17 states and Canada rode into the arena in groups led by the flag of their home states. Each state drew enthusiastic applause from the crowd, and the Oklahoma cowboys recieved the rip-roaring welcom of the "home team.