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THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



The Theodore Knot. 



I will trj^ and explain how I tie the Theodore knot used 

 on the Cowboy Halter. 



First, you take a rope and double it twice so as to have 

 four strands. Then take the strand No. 1 in Fig'. 143 and 

 wind it around the others as shown. Then take strand No. 

 3 and double it around as shown in Fig. 144 ; hold the 

 strands with your fingers so they will not slip, until you 

 get them all in place. Then take strand Xo. 2 and double 

 it around as shown in Fig. 145 and stick the end through 

 the loop A made with strand No. 3. Next take strand No. 



Fig. 146— The Theodore Knot Complete. 



4 and double it around as shown in Fig. 146, and put the end 

 through the loops B and C made with strands 3 and 1. 

 When 3^ou have finished this, pull all the strands together 

 and draw the knot tight, because if you pull one strand 

 harder than another it will pull the knot out of shape. 

 From this explanation I think almost an^^body will be able 

 to tie the knot. I don't think it can be tied without putting 

 the ends through the two last used strands, Nos. 2 and 4. 

 Therefore be sure and place the two strands that are used 

 first, Nos. 1 and 3, first and third, because they have no 

 ends. If, as claimed by some it could be tied without ends, 

 it would come untied. — By W. K. Higgin. 



