Catch rope : the long arm of the cowboy /
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 pract...
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| 格式: | Licensed eBooks |
| 語言: | 英语 |
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Denton, Tex. :
University of North Texas Press,
1994.
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| 版: | 1st ed. |
| 叢編: | Western life series ;
no. 1. |
| 在線閱讀: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=28644 |
書本目錄:
- Who were the first ropers?
- Out of Mexico : vaqueros and cowboys
- Dally or tie
- The evolution of roping technique
- Loops and throws
- Modern ranch roping
- Roping on wheat pasture
- Doctoring pinkeye
- The rope as a weapon
- Unusual targets
- Things that ort not to be roped
- The blocker loop in Mississippi
- The pasture roping contest
- The swimming heifer
- Saving cattle with the rope
- Uncommon roping problems
- Bibliography
- Index.