Gunnison news-champion., 1920-01-02
THE AIT OF CASTING A ROPE

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Where stock cattle are kept Il il
handy 70 be able to catch one Of them
without rounding up and driving .
whole bunch TO . strong pen and sep
arating the one wanted, and the lariat
forty feet Of hard twist 7-16 rope Is
the proper thing. The trouble Of ex-
planning the manipulation Of . lariat
is that the motions Of the moose take
place 30 nearly 1t the same time when
the movements Of the hand are made
that one end Of the performance is
entirely hidden from the other end.
In general way the one who throws
the rope chooses that the moose shall
60 on the horns, neck, or feet, and the
special cast is made for that place, al
lowing for q chance to shift little II
the animal should be going pretty fast,
but remembering it may be miss
and keeping the rope guided CONSTANT
ly by the right hand so as to get the
chance Of o second pull If the moose
falls on another place or again to even
whip the moose loose IL it gets ahold
wrong.
It Is good deal better to be able to
make either cast without any prelim-
mary whirl, rs the animal Is always
startled at the first motion that is
made. Many things go to make the
cast q success, constant practice 10
most Of ALL. A better throw Is made
II the operator does not get tired. II
the rope Is wet II will not handle well.
There should be q perfect coil in the
left hand and no twist in the moose to
make 1t string out and work just 80.
The size Of the moose varies to suit
the man and animal. In good hands
q moose three feet across drops very
nicely on calf's neck. Again, q very
smooth roper will throw q moose sew
en- feet across to get the front feet Of
q horse and then draw it tight in
flash and the running horse goes down
in an instant.
The rope can be thrown overland or
underhand. The overland cast il
fine quick throw in the corral either
for the neck or feet, but owing to the
fact that the rope cannot be readily
whipped upwards II . catch is made
on the feet, It is not 30 often used.
No starting whiri can very well be
made for this throw owing to the fact
that the arm does not readily adjust
hand whirl is the one most commonly
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starting whirl and can be directed up
wards II Q catch on the feet is made.
The moose can be sent out either hori-
xontal or vertical and the vertical
can be made to turn at q right angle
when It gets to the place wanted. The
extra turn takes but an instant Of time
but slight as It is, It sometimes makes
. miss Of the throw. The horizontal
no0He can he kh6t ont under the hind
feet almost like a'big bottomless fry
ing wPsn pan. -. :. :. !. . .,,,a 49,. -. a.
| gers seem TO get the information to
the brain quicker than the eye and the
moose can be whipped clear above the
knees II 30 desired. Quickness is es-
sential in handling . rope and the
hand gets trained 20 that it will catch
. pocket knife accidentally dropped be-
fore It touches the ground. There is
also an element Of danger in roping.
In days gone by boy was out rum
ming band Of horses and . lunk head
colt was constantly dropping behind.
The cowpuncher threw . rope at the
colts head and caught him around the
shoulders. The colt suddenly woke
up, took . run ON the rope and broke
something about the saddle cinch and
tore of the saddle, puncher and all.
The puncher cleared somehow, but
away went the colt, with the rope, the
saddle, the loose horses and the saddle
horses and all, hitting only the high
places. The cowpuncher was left look
ing ut the dust he made until his part
ner, some distance of, could get things
qpieted down little.