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right time. All you have to do is to manage your horse 

 and keep the rope clear from his feet. Occasionally 

 there will be a "mix up," your horse gets a leg over the 

 rope and then something is doing in the vicinity. At 

 the end of the deal, however, if the rope is strong you 

 will come out of it with the animal still swinging to the 

 end of the rope. In the same circumstances the Cali- 

 fornian or "dally-welta" (Spanish-English for "dar la 

 Vuelta," "give the turns") man will be minus a sixty- 

 foot riata which has "gone yonderly" with the steer. I 

 have seen many more men hurt by taking their turns 

 than by "tying 'em hard and fast." 



To tie your rope about the horn so it will never pull up 

 tight, and can be immediately cast off with the very least 

 slack, take the knot end in your right hand, and the 

 loose end in your left; pass the knot end around the 

 horn, bring it back across the running or loose end on 

 top, then back under and take one twist around itself, 

 leaving the knot on the end under the rope between it 

 and the horn. By drawing it up against the horn the 

 knot will jam or bind between the rope and the horn 

 so it cannot slip out, no matter how great the pull, and 

 yet the instant the pull is eased off plenty of slack can 

 be had to get the knot out and "turn her loose." 



A tie made this way can never pull up tight enough 

 that it will not easily slip off when the need occurs. 

 Some men tie a regular loop in the end of their ropes, 

 made just large enough to slip over the horn. This is 

 dangerous, as it is apt to hang on something as you are 

 using the rope on foot and catch a spur or your hand. 



Spurs and Quirts. Excepting in roping, one can get 

 more out of a tired horse with a good cowboy quirt than 

 with a pair of spurs. The quirt wakes him up, does not 



