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| | How to Make & Throw a Cowboy Lariat, Lasso, Rope |
 | | Properly speaking, there is no such thing as a "lasso." You may lasso things with lariat, but you cannot carry a " lasso," because lasso is a verb, and no cowboy carries a verb coiled at his saddle-bow though he may have strings of forcible adjectives under his tongue. |
 | | Boys' books are full of accounts and rules for archery and cricket, both of which are essentially English sports and have never become thoroughly naturalized in this country, but the graceful and useful art of throwing the lariat has never received the attention it deserves or been seriously adopted as a sport by our boys. |
 | | Many of them, however, after visiting the Wild West show have played cow-boy, and with a bit of old clothes-line have made awkward efforts to lasso their comrades, who, it is presumed, represented the buffalo of the Wild West. |
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