bull tricking

Bovine sport in which a human participant dazzles and confuses a bull through sleight of hand, oratory skill, juggling dissimilar objects, musical numbers, fashioning balloon animals, rhythmic gymnastics and classic Vaudevillian showmanship until the bull becomes bored and falls asleep, thus delighting the silent spectators.

Bull tricking was first popularized in rural central Illinois in the early 1990s as a humane alternative to other bovine sports.