The Lariat

Perhaps the last thing that a bug-eyed tenderfoot will notice about a cowboy and his horse is the lariat. Yet, in this day of modern convenience, the cowboy still uses his rope daily. No one seems to know exactly just when the lariat came into use, but biblical Abraham who “had cattle on a thousand hills” probably used ropes since it is impossible to raise cattle without one. The Spaniards who brought the first horses to America introduced roping in 1519. They were quite proficient with