A lariat was used to capture the wild horse so it could be treated by the veterinarian. From LearnThat.org.
I just know that its supposed to be called a lariat, not lasso. From Wordnik.com. [WB (STILL) HATES CHICKS, WONDER WOMAN] Reference
The lariat is a handy weapon, but to truly appreciate its merits one must be a prairie man. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Foss River Ranch] Reference
A lariat is a fifty foot line with a running noose at one end and made from the hide of various animals. From Wordnik.com. [Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events] Reference
The coil of cordage thus used in hunting the wild horse, is called a lariat, and answers to the lasso of South America. From Wordnik.com. [A Tour on the Prairies.] Reference
Gulch an 'dropped your lariat over Broken Feather?. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
His cousins saw him swinging his lariat around his head. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X] Reference
If ever Tom should throw his lariat well, it must be now. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
He put his hand down to his waist and felt for the lariat. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma] Reference
The lariat may be of any length from twenty to eighty feet. From Wordnik.com. [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference
Preparing the lariat, he threw the noose up and away from him. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma] Reference
But when a man thus waded another stood near with ready lariat. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders] Reference
Kiddie gripped his lariat ready to throw, but he did not throw it. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
The boomer could use a lariat as well as Clemmer or any of the cowboys. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma] Reference
He saw the lariat shoot out from the uplifted hand like a wriggling snake. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
Bird, had been tethered -- a noise reaching him just before the lariat had parted. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma] Reference
Testing the lariat, to make certain it was firm, he began to ascend hand over hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma] Reference
"Very well," returned Kiddie, slinging his coiled lariat over the horn of his saddle. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
"I didn't see it, but I had a glimpse of him being dragged off on the end of a lariat.". From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X] Reference
There was an exciting race for a few minutes but in the end Nort and his trusty lariat won. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery] Reference
A lariat hung from the pommel of the scout's saddle, and this he took in hand as he dismounted. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma] Reference
From somewhere in the darkness, beyond the circle of light, a lariat had coiled in among the lads. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X] Reference
I essayed to throw the lasso, or lariat, of course, as one of the very first experiences in ranche life. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
For a time he strung wires for the electrical utility: an industrial cowboy with a power line for a lariat. From Wordnik.com. [Heart Of The Matter] Reference
It was slow work, and more than once he felt that the lariat would break, so great was the strain put upon it. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma] Reference
I would tie the lariat to the saddle so the pony would graze and not get too far away from our "stomping ground.". From Wordnik.com. [The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail] Reference
As it thrashed about, Hardwick nabbed it with another line, then stuck it with a harpoon and lassoed it with a lariat. From Wordnik.com. [Florida's Gator Frenzy] Reference
When I slowed down on Laramie Plain and went back to slacken the lariat about his arms, I spoke to him in his own tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
Lately I received a delicate little wedding-card, neatly inscribed, and figured with a design representing a coiled lariat. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
He came like a wild gust of wind, leaning over in his seat and slinging his supple lariat above his flapping hat as he came. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
Hissing and swishing through the air, the coils of Bud's lariat fell around the neck of the plunging, rearing, running Tartar. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X] Reference
You will be surprised, if you try this, at the skill you will gain, and the pleasure the lariat will afford to yourself and companions. From Wordnik.com. [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference
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