io8 The Book of Woodcraft 



Rubbing-stick Fire. Light a fire with a fire-drill or rub- 

 bing-sticks, with material of one's own gathering, counts 

 coup; to do it in one minute counts grand coup. 



Water Boiling. Boil one quart of water in a 2 -quart pail 

 in II minutes for coup; in 9 minutes for grand coup. Allowed 

 one log, one match, one axe or hatchet. The water is 

 boiling when jumping and bubbling all over the surface. 



Axeman. To chop down three 6-inch trees in succession 

 in 60 seconds each, throwing them to drive each a given 

 stake, coup; in 45 seconds each, grand coup. 



Knots. To make 30 different standard knots in a rope, 

 for coup; 50 for grand coup. 



Lasso. To catch 10 horses or cattle in corral, with 10 

 throws of the lasso, counts coup; to catch 10 on the range 

 in 10 throws counts a grand coup. 



Lasso. To catch a horse or beef by each of his four feet 

 in four successive throws, grand coup. 



Lasso. To catch, throw, and "hog-ti^" a beef or horse 

 in 2I minutes for coup, in i| minutes for grand coup. The 

 record is said to be 40 seconds. 



Diamond Hitch. Pack a horse with not less than 100 

 pounds of stuff, with diamond hitch, to hold during 8 

 hours of travel, coup. Ten days in succession, a grand coup. 



Size Guessing. To guess one inch, one foot, one yard, 

 one rod, one acre, 100 yards, 200 yards, one quarter mile, 

 one half mile, and a mile, within 20 per cent, of average 

 error, for coup; 10 per cent, for grand coup. 



Height and Weight Guessing. To guess the height of 

 ID trees or other high things, and the weight of 10 stones 

 or other things ranging from one ounce to 100 pounds, 

 within 10 per cent, of average error, for coup; 5 per cent, 

 for grand coup. 



Gauging Farness. To measure the height of 10 trees 

 without climbing, or 10 distances across a river, etc., with- 



