John Lindsey had a way with mean horses. He broke them before they broke him. He trained them and got the spooks out when no one else could even get the wild-eyed broncs’ attention. In the world of the southwestern cowboy, John Lindsey became a legend. It seemed he was the happiest when he looked into the storm of an untamed animal. Before he began his days on a working ranch, Lindsey followed the rodeo circuit and in time, became one of the country’s most famous rodeo clowns.