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neck, for the instant he feels the hopples loose from his 

 legs, away he goes. By rising slowly, and carefully 

 stroking his legs as you rise, it is possible to slip a rope 

 about his neck with which to hold him. Do not make 

 any sudden movements ; go slowly and carefully, if you 

 would capture him. 



If the outfit has a night herder for the horses he will 

 have them in at camp by the time the men are through 

 breakfast, but the night herder should be seldom used, as 



"Stoop as You Near the Average Cow Pony." 



horses do much better hoppled than herded at night. Not 

 one man out of a hundred can herd a lot of horses at 

 night without bunching them so closely that they get very 

 little feed. He is afraid of losing one, and so does not 

 let them scatter out. 



After the chuck wagon has been loaded and the cook 

 told where to meet the outfit for dinner, the men ride 

 back on the range. When the roundup boss has reached 



