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often throws the noose from his head so rap 

 idly that it is a difficult matter to catch him ; 

 and his frequent charges scatter his tormentors 

 in every direction, while the horses become 

 wild with fright over the roaring, bristling 

 beast for horses seem to dread a bear more 

 than any other animal. If the bear can not 

 reach cover, however, his fate is sealed. 

 Sooner or later, the noose tightens over one 

 leg, or perchance over the neck and forepaw, 

 and as the rope straightens with a &quot;pluck,&quot; 

 the horse braces itself desperately and the 

 bear tumbles over. Whether he regains his 

 feet or not the cowboy keeps the rope taut; 

 soon another noose tightens over a leg, and 

 the bear is speedily rendered helpless. 



I have known of these feats being per 

 formed several times in northern Wyoming, 

 although never in the immediate neighbor 

 hood of my ranch. Mr, Archibald Roger s 

 cowhands have in this manner caught several 

 bears, on or near his ranch on the Gray Bull, 

 which flows into the Bighorn; and those of 

 Mr. .G. B. Grinnell have also occasionally 

 done so. Any set of moderately good ropers 

 and riders, who are accustomed to back one 

 another up and act together, can accomplish 

 the feat if they have smooth ground and 



