Telegram-herald., 1890-09-14
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o. SIX yeas. 70 be good roper ~As ever
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= GOOD eo~ boy. and TIE boys we're very
dextsr0ns Nov. months may 80 With
oaE rope being taken from ths saddle.
and thsre are people in the business
4bo could not rope their oNn horses
A larlat is usually Of haif-incn msullla
rope ana is about sixty feet long. A.
one end the rope is bent backward snd
spliceG into itself. making al eyeiet Tor
LIE rope - Fun Ia and form the loop.
This syelet Is called the Ausdso, and -
the Loop is grasped Tor throwing this
A4ndso is TWO feet forward Of the hand
and by its weight assists In spreading
ths loop As the roper whlris and throws
IT,
The cowboy bred on the plains throws
big lo~9-- Eenty feet Of rope IA IT.
bat the bsyc rom Southern Texas who
had their n0gitiato among trees and
brush. use a much smaller loop. In
throwing nothing but tho loop -
handled with the right hand, the re-
serve rOpo being colled loose IN the left
While 90 feet Is the usual limit OF
a larlat, / have witnessed an exhi-
bition 81 roping wherein slim boy
Of twenty tied his rope 10 q steer at q
distance OF lo4 feet The rope Is now
mostly confined 70 the branding pens
aud the horse corrals. In tho latter one
might as we'll be no roper as not, be-
cause the horses have such fear OF be-
ing choked and thrown that any OF
them will stop still as statue ia tho
midst OF the maddest charge the moment
a rope falls across his back. The bronco
regards himself as a prey and spoil 70
man the moment no feels q rope and
renders himself captive, rcsoue or no
rescue. The roping In she branding
/ pen does not call for a high grade OF
skill, as the infant bovine. who is tho
l object of the meeting, Is generally
standing. sad and downcast, Immediate
ly between your pony's front legs. The
go has all been run out Of his little
legs and the gayety driven from his
youthful heart long before he was
crowded with bis woe-begone CON-
panions into the circle of torture.
/ IL is frequently necessary TO run a
road-brand on a herd OF grown cattle
which are intended to take the trail for
long distances. This road-brand assists
in their recovery in the event of a
stampede, and even after year or two.
/ IL Is now put on while running the
cattle through a chute, but In the times
which ante-dated chutes il was among a
cowpuncher's most exhaustive and ex-
asperating duties Think OF roping,
tying down and branding every member
+ OF a. herd of 1000 head OF wild and full
/ grown cattle on fenceless plainl II
was like facing 1000 rounds of catch
as-catch-can wrestling with an expert.
In roping big cattle great percent
age OF success IS dependent on your
pony. He must understand his part OF
tho business. A common accident to
+ careless cowboys and green ponies is to
have the saddle turned by side pull.
This means that you are pro TEN. a
scoff and jeer TO other cowpunchers, TO
say nothing OF having your 500 saddle
torn 20 flinders by your agonized pony.
Outside OF Wild West shows there IS
scarcely any OF this headiong throwing
OF heavy cattle which has common illus
tration in cigarette pictures Making a
weak and grass-fed pony which weighs
less than 600 pounds swap ends with a
1,200-pOund steer is not lawn tennis,
and cowboy knows better way. When
his lariat Is safe about the victims horns
be, by a steady pressure, brinos him
to a sullen standstill; then, with the
rope loose on the ground. be rides
clear around the steer and incloses all
bis feet This done he spurs of like a
thunderbolt and the steer is tripped on
his side. The moment he is down the
pony faces around 50 as TO make tho
rope pull straight over his shoulders and
permit him TO watch the steer. The boy
has 20 have his pony at this point and 1t
IS the pony's duty 70 keep the steer from
] itAalAAth bA9 AFtl AsAo HH AbtS by
backing and by keeping steady strain
on the rope, thus holding the steers
head along the ground. While thus
posed the boy ties his helpless legs,
casts of his lariat and the trick is
turned.
1t is matter OF laughter in the East
the high. sharp heel OF cowboys boot.
IL is a popular fallacy that he affects
this heel in gust OF prido and 10 assist
In producing that jaunty waddle which
naturalists discover In the movements
OF a COW boy when on the ground This
is not 80. His sharp heels are as much
part OF his outfit as his leggins or his
Colt Many of his combats with bis
tumultuous wards come OF on foot and
II he did not possess these heels - dig
into the ground In resistance he might
as we'll have on roller skates. as a steer
would drag him all over The landscape
It may have escaped the touring eve
but this man az cows carries q pair oi
I heavy gloves ali summer tied at the can
tie Of his saddle. They are not rresen
as a resuit % fad or whlfn. nor 20 % 2,
sinner I'm. they are used IN She aiore