Exploits of a Cowboy

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A bit of the West: cowboys, lassos, bucking ponies and all. An unusually fine exhibition of dexterous handling of the lasso is given in the first part of the picture. This particular cowboy certainly has perfect control over the rope and when he lassos man or beast he has them in a net for sure, as shown in the near view given of the cow puncher and pony he has just caught. The bucking broncho in this picture is a fine specimen of its class, possessed of all the "buckiness" that is coming to him. The cowboys attempt vainly to get a saddle on the little fellow's back and just when they seem to have finally accomplished the feat he bumps himself just at the psychological moment and sends saddle and boys flying. In the end, however, he is conquered and the triumphant rider swings himself into the saddle, but before his body touches the latter the little vixen is off like a shot, the plucky Westerner sticking on, however, as if glued to his back.