Arizona republican., 1899-09-19

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 wrist movement. Some ~ropers" throw
 8 small loop, hard and fast, almost On
 a level; others a larger, lazier kind,
 which nevertheless arrives" For
 myself, I rather favor the small loop thrown hard, as it seems the best all-
 around style, most effective against
 the wind or other adverse conditions.
 The aim is somewhat to the right of
 the object to be roped-say a foot and
 a half on twenty-five-foct throw, the
 exact instant Of release being governed
 by weight of rope, wind, velocity of
 swing, etc. Judgmant comes instinct lively with practice. The rest of the
 rope is held coied in the other hand
 and released as fast as desired, two or 1 three coils being retained.
 To ''snub' the rope (w:Gd it abcut
 the pommel after casting) in the in
 stant of time, allowed is a trick quite
 as difficult as throwing properly The
 MeXicans, with their larga-diameter
 pcmmels, have t1f take only one turn;
 the American pommel, bsing smaller require two. The pommel often smokes from the friction created, and
 is frequently deep grooved and almost burned by the rope. The important
 part played by the trained COW pony is obvious. He is taught to sattle back
 
 begins to tighten, and in many other ways materially to assist his master.
 The second method of throwing is exactly the reverse, i. e., the moose is swung from the left to right above the head before release. This is called the California throw" and possibly gives a little greater range. At any rate. enc CT two of the longest throwers I know use it, and I find it so myself. It may be only a personal result. Any good roper" can throw either way.
 The third cast is the tcorral drag which, as its name implies, is fer use afoot and in confined quarters. 1t consists in trailing out the locp cn the . ground behind one and snapping it ,orward by an underhand motion.
 The lasso's greatest effectiveness, as . weapon, ic when ths wieIder is mounted. When both adversaries are afoot it's value is very slight With cattle CT horses it is an entirely differ ent thing. The whole essence of the matter is to tighten the noose around an opponent with jerk sufficient to dlsmount him or take him eff his feet. e that end you may ride past him swiftly, or, if pursuing him, stop your own horse suddenly. Or, if he, is sta uonary, and you cannot ride past him. you can wheel your own h5rse and re- tire after successful cast. Tn lasso- ing a man, if done skillfully, the in stant of time is too brief for him either to throw off the tight ming moose or cut it. And it is one of the most de- ceptive things to attempt t0 dldga.
 IL Is possible to control the moose Of a lasso by the remainder of the rope, but It Is dextsrfty which few acquire m years. The fncst roper I know. Y gl-sr1 leo, can dc tEis tc perfection. and his perfoI nance is one Of the ablsst things III that interesting exposition of pialnsmanship. CrCpesa is an enthu- slast. One of the Mexicans once told me that one night the champion dreamed Of a new cast and at once got up and went cut scantily clad, and in half an hour had mastered it.
 In spinning the rope I have been ac- cussd e sticking or securing the ] honda or slip-noCse from sliding. but in reality it is perfectly free to ( move along the rCpe. h fact. I can , readily start spinning a nocse two feet , in diameter and increase it steadily Z -o eight or ten feet across.
 A pccul1arity abcut rCp.ng horses. CT ' steers IS that after getting hard fall 2 ] lew times they quickly get ''rop3 $ sense. l have often seen them, in a r .9rral, stand stock still when the rope c aIls across their b3cks-even when. as f ! matter Of fact, they are not caught. c ! any reader has ever encountered a i ;iothes line while running at full speed \ Il the dark, the line stretched at r 'Ocut the level of the threat, he will i -1tlce that he doesn't run across that a avn any more after nightfalI He's got rope. sense,'' in fact. f
 mere are several uses which the D assc could be put to, it seems to me, Q ven in quite densely populated dis rlcts. In capable hands it w3uld af \ ord an excellent means of stopping F ne many street Iunaways, and it also q ouid almost always be utilized where C skater broke through the, ice. And V s regulator of fast bicycling it would D asliy stand unrlvaled, for no scorcher a 7cuId dare to ride past a guardian of n ne peace equipped with the persuasive F ariat 1 The spinning Of th2 rope gives great s ractlce in acquiring general accuracy. D nd Is also useful in catching animals II y the feet It also gives a certain mount of control of the moose after p has left the hand (by manipulating fc ne remainder c5 the rOpe), which h hoSe who have net had this practice " o not attain. What little practicing b do IS with a short rope, only twenty G Ve feet long, simply because it is ol 8s1er to keep clear Of kinks and tan A les. l have only shown the plainest fl nd simplest form of rope spinning. B rom this foundation many elaborate O, I'd interesting feats are possible, such tc spinning onsself into the center Of V, le loop, Jumping in and out of the cir o7 e. etc " l recently spun and cast my rope in fc very moderately sized room. which sa pirly brlstlsd with bric-a-brac and tr ]Stly ornaments, without doing any in smago whatever, though 1 fancied my t1 cstess look5d a trif1e relieved when I ad ended the performance.-FIow q, eynolds iE the Wide World Maga- mi