Gunnison news-champion., 1915-06-25
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Ssass sf the better ssscknss sAn -
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nse nsa eject oe the suhsAs 49,
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snythsne else. II . uts.e caeral . hnndk
. aosss On fshpsse ~ besase. -
ever. there sre pssae- whsre ssohD .
80 good - .sr,st. hoss rsecAss ksR
one handy. A rope more sAaa eusty
feet long ls too long 10 kasdIs Us,s.
Seven -ssxtsentss u the right siss fer .
man, bat three-e.ghths ,s bsesss tur .
boy. A half inch rops Ne TO ss1asy
and offers too much reslstsnes - tbs
wind. The rope must be fp~s frsa
KINKS and be carried IN rseusar ssd.e. a
left handed person must coal ~ rops
the reverse order to tbs way . sighi
handed person fixes 1t.
A fence post u the usual starting
place, and q saw horse comes next - u
has something hike . neck 10 wOrk "a,
When . trlal rs made on hive snsms
it is found thai in some way The psose
must be guided after 1t leaves The hsad
~ the critter jumps before the hoop
reaches it, II is also found shot tbs
moose must turn just 50 to get the
animal BY the head or feet ~ may be
wanted. Here it has been found that
the pert of the rope left in she hand
acts rs a stem or handle to change dsrec-
tion and position of the loop. TIE trick
roper in . show does this very cseverly
but il is done to some extent by oil the
boys who can rope fairly we'll
That the rope shall start well the slip
knot must be not quite half way down
the side of the moose so that the circle
can bow out the right way. The size
of the moose is varied to suit the vcca-
sion or animal. Horseback roping re-
quires more skill and is Of course more
dangerous. When the rope is thrown
from horseback 1t is necessary to whir
it two or three times around to get
momentum before the rope is thrown,
but usually the fine corral roping is done
with only one OF two and often no pre-
liminary whirl. But throwing the lasso
is only half the performance. The next
thing is to take up slack to make the
moose stay and then get the rope snub-
bed. Here considerable quickness is
needed or the horse gets away with the
"A. l..
done throwing a rope is slight-of-hand
performance where both skill and quick
ness of movement is needed. When an
animal is fairly caught, then comes the
test of the rope. A seven sixteenth
rope to a solid snub may not always
hold fear crazed three year old, but
if the rope can slip just little on the
post or if the rope has been tied to .
saddle horn or hame tug, the chances
are that it will hold. When an entirely
wild young horse is caught by the neck,
it is often more humane to keep the
moose so tight that the animal chokes
down, than to slack it trifle. Hog tie
the animals feet, tie gag in its mouth
or put on stout leather halter.
A rather shrewd horseman keeps in
his big pasture piece of loose barbed
wire about rs yards long. 1t looks bad
as horses might get caught on it. He
cleims it is good thing. He says as
long as the wire is not fast there is al
most no danger. With the loose wire
the young horses run right over it and
if they are stuck they are not damaged.
1t is rather sight to see the young
horses after they get used to the wire
They become cautious and turn and ste
carefully to clear it. Two horses lately
caught at the knee joint on the hind leg
by bad snarl of broken fence, stop
ped short, stopped plunging and un-
tangled easy, where one not used to
loose wires would simply have plunged
until he kicked loose or was cut almost
to a standstill.