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Show THE COWBOY'S LASSO. With It He I Alint as Good a Markum&B h Wvu. Hiac "The cowboys oi Ne Mexico, Texas nd Arizona ere all Rkillt te cf using the lasso," said LoQita4Wards of Santa Fe. "I used to be in rUlca. ing line myself ad once tho.. j could throw a Tope as straight n-ryy man living. But that was before I h-mixed h-mixed to any extent with the Mexicans-As Mexicans-As good as tha American cowboys are, they can't hold a candle to a greaser when it comes to the roping business. iThey can do things with hemp that no ether mortals can ever hope to acccra-dish. acccra-dish. As the Australian stands out pre eminently in throwing the boomerang, eo does the ignorant 6on of the 'land ol God and liberty' exceed all other men in this one accomplishment "A Mexican will chase a steer at full speed, Rnd while he guides his broncho with one hand whirl his rope with unerring un-erring aim with the other, and it isn't once in a thousand times that the noose will fail to catch just where the rider meant A favorite trick with them i to stick a lot of long handled knives in the ground close together within the limits of a narrow circle and bet with outsiders that they can ride past at race . corse speed and pick up any one of tha "' " " knives designated with a rope. They are good marksmen with the rifle, too, but in this regard the cowboys are fulb heir users. "Washington Post |