| Show Stole lto > < > < nnI 5100cm There It I n common auperalltlon among wetttrn cowboy that a rattle soak will not cross a hair rope nail Superintendent Drown of tho 1lilla delphla Zoological Oarden the other day The cowboy dont mind a rattlesnake rattle-snake much anyhow but when lie hat to tpcnd tho night In the open he frc quently taken the precaution of enclr cllpR hit camp with n rope ot lilt de Bcrlptlon and then goo to sleep vvllli II quiet mind I often wondered l If there was any truth In thIs belief but liner happened to have a hair rope and rat tleanako handy to tnt It until ono diy when a friend of mine onmo from lIla West nnd wo began talking on the tub Joel t Ho had n hair ropo with him and wo decided to try It on the make In the reptile house Wo shut ho iiilldlng up made n circle with this t rope on tho floor and put novcn differ cot species of snakes InsIde of tho ropo cIrcle iery tlnglo ono crawled over It M If It want there and since then my rlend has lost faith In Its protcctlvu lower An old campaigner says to n cportcr for limo IntcrOcran that Ihla Woo a poor test A hair lariat must ho I mode purposely for this use and tho r harp projections of the bum of tho hair be mado prominent A hair lariat an be nod It I made ns imoolh aa nny other larIat They ore ttronc but use less aa n protector from Biiakea I halo i ifcd ono In I places hero snakes were to thick that halt n dozen could bo run front under a alnglo bush and never know 0110 to crawl over or Insldd of lay bed |
