TY  - GEN
T1  - Catch rope : the long arm of the cowboy
T2  - Western life series ;
A1  - Erickson, John R., 1943-
LA  - English
PP  - Denton, Tex.
PB  - University of North Texas Press
YR  - 1994
ED  - 1st ed.
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm45733089
AB  - For more than a hundred years, American cowboys have made their living through the skilled use of horse and rope. Whole libraries have been devoted to the horse, but no one, until now, has written a thorough study of the origins and evolution of ranch roping--which differs from arena roping as practiced by rodeo cowboys. Author/cowboy John Erickson studies ranch roping from every angle: its origins in the Old World; old-time loops and throws; the influence of modern team roping; and the endless debate between those cowboys who rope "hard and fast" and those who "dally." Mixing scholarship with his working--cowboy's knowledge of the subject, Erickson tells stories of cowboys who could not resist fitting their loops on "things that ort not to be roped," such as elk, deer, badgers, bears, and bobcats. He tells of jackrabbit roping contests, and of cowboys who roped mice, geese, hogs, wives, or a runaway milk wagon. Anyone who has ever "built a loop" or even thought about it will find this book hard to put down.
OP  - 174
NO  - "The history and evolution of ranch roping"--Half title page.
CN  - GV1834.45.C34 E75 1994eb
SN  - 0585252300
SN  - 9780585252308
SN  - 0929398661
SN  - 9780929398662
SN  - 1574411136
SN  - 9781574411133
KW  - Calf roping : History.
KW  - Trick roping.
KW  - Tours d'adresse au lasso.
KW  - SPORTS & RECREATION : Rodeos.
KW  - Calf roping
KW  - Trick roping
KW  - Social Sciences.
KW  - Recreation & Sports.
KW  - History
ER  -