He lets his hat fall off probably because he wasn't comfortable roping with one on. If you don't practice with one on its hard to have one on at the rodeo. As Lon as you have it on in the box then it's okay so let it fly off. I use to do the same thing.
Dally Team roping is too dangerous as if just only stick with the real version of the roping technique that has a real division - "hard and fast", as the hard-and-fast ropers pointed out that careless dally ropers often lost a thumb which got caught in the wraps, and occasionally some fingers or a whole hand, as more likely however, during the great trail-driving era, the early cowboys, not knowing how to "dally," simply tied the end of the rope to the saddle horn. This became known as "hard-and-fast" roping. The hard-and-fast ropers pointed out that careless dally ropers often lost a thumb which got caught in the wraps, and occasionally some fingers or a whole hand. For real roping, mostly it is calf roping, but, sometimes a style of roping is steer roping, as the variation of Arizona style of roping is team tying (a. k. a. steer roping) and it also calls for the lariat rope to be tied to the saddle horn. One cowboy ropes a steer around the horns or neck and another cowboy then ropes the steer's heels. After the steer is roped, the roper who roped the horns or neck must dismount and tie a short rope around the steer's hind legs. I'm never doing the dally style of team roping, because it's too dangerous for me to lose my fingers when tying a roped around the horn, so, I'm just sticking with the hard and fast method of keeping my rope tied onto the saddle horn, so, I'll just stick with doing tie-down calf roping and also, team tying. I think Bobby Hurley should be a champion in the team tying and would be good at tying a short rope around the steer's hind legs. I like tie-down calf roping for real scientific precision and action. In steer roping (a. k. a. team tying), we work in pairs, one rider taking the head, the other the heels. Each of us sits beside the chute, until the steer crosses the "dead line," thirty feet distant. Then we give chase on horses trained to follow the animal. If I'm playing head man to be the header, I toss the first rope. As the loop settles over the steer's head, my horse comes to a dead stop. Quick as a flash, the heeler ropes the steer by the heels, then we move in opposite directions and force him to fall. Then I dismount and tie his heels with a three-foot pigging string, one end tucked in my belt and the other in my mouth. All we need for roping young steers is a good horse, sturdy roping saddle and a twenty-eight-foot length of Polyester rope. The pony must be sturdy, very fast and schooled not only to stop from a gallop on a dime, but to back up and keep the rope taut while you tie up the steer. The roping saddle has a low cantle board, which enables the roper to get off quickly and which will stand hard jerks of the lasso which is tied to the pommel.
+William MacLeod, what's new here? Until the mid-70s, what you described was heading and healing that was done everywhere. It developed straight from the big pastures of the Southwest, but it certainly was not unique to Arizona. Ask Toots Mansfield or Jim Bob Altizer or Morris Walker or Phil Lyne. Kids in California wanted to speed it up and the dallies are much easier on cattle and easier on the rogers so it transitioned into the speedy stuff we see now.
I checked out William MacLeod. He has a bucnh of videos of him practicing. I can see he is really into his practicing and has a very special horse. Check him out, he is really dedicated.
Allen your one of my heros! Thanks for all the instructional/entertaining vids! God bless
I am so glad ALLAN IS BORN AGAIN
He lets his hat fall off probably because he wasn't comfortable roping with one on. If you don't practice with one on its hard to have one on at the rodeo. As Lon as you have it on in the box then it's okay so let it fly off. I use to do the same thing.
Did anyone notice his bit or hackamore on the headhorse??? Puzzled me..
was it just me or did he break the barrier in those last two? either way, he had 5 hell of a runs!
looks like he knocked a start on the last 2.
That's to make it look like they're going fast!
it bothers me how he wants his hat to fall off lol
Allen barely even pulls slack
Dally Team roping is too dangerous as if just only stick with the real version of the roping technique that has a real division - "hard and fast", as the hard-and-fast ropers pointed out that careless dally ropers often lost a thumb which got caught in the wraps, and occasionally some fingers or a whole hand, as more likely however, during the great trail-driving era, the early cowboys, not knowing how to "dally," simply tied the end of the rope to the saddle horn. This became known as "hard-and-fast" roping. The hard-and-fast ropers pointed out that careless dally ropers often lost a thumb which got caught in the wraps, and occasionally some fingers or a whole hand. For real roping, mostly it is calf roping, but, sometimes a style of roping is steer roping, as the variation of Arizona style of roping is team tying (a. k. a. steer roping) and it also calls for the lariat rope to be tied to the saddle horn. One cowboy ropes a steer around the horns or neck and another cowboy then ropes the steer's heels. After the steer is roped, the roper who roped the horns or neck must dismount and tie a short rope around the steer's hind legs.
I'm never doing the dally style of team roping, because it's too dangerous for me to lose my fingers when tying a roped around the horn, so, I'm just sticking with the hard and fast method of keeping my rope tied onto the saddle horn, so, I'll just stick with doing tie-down calf roping and also, team tying.
I think Bobby Hurley should be a champion in the team tying and would be good at tying a short rope around the steer's hind legs.
I like tie-down calf roping for real scientific precision and action. In steer roping (a. k. a. team tying), we work in pairs, one rider taking the head, the other the heels. Each of us sits beside the chute, until the steer crosses the "dead line," thirty feet distant. Then we give chase on horses trained to follow the animal. If I'm playing head man to be the header, I toss the first rope. As the loop settles over the steer's head, my horse comes to a dead stop. Quick as a flash, the heeler ropes the steer by the heels, then we move in opposite directions and force him to fall. Then I dismount and tie his heels with a three-foot pigging string, one end tucked in my belt and the other in my mouth. All we need for roping young steers is a good horse, sturdy roping saddle and a twenty-eight-foot length of Polyester rope. The pony must be sturdy, very fast and schooled not only to stop from a gallop on a dime, but to back up and keep the rope taut while you tie up the steer. The roping saddle has a low cantle board, which enables the roper to get off quickly and which will stand hard jerks of the lasso which is tied to the pommel.
Where are you from and how long have you been roping?
+William MacLeod, what's new here? Until the mid-70s, what you described was heading and healing that was done everywhere. It developed straight from the big pastures of the Southwest, but it certainly was not unique to Arizona. Ask Toots Mansfield or Jim Bob Altizer or Morris Walker or Phil Lyne. Kids in California wanted to speed it up and the dallies are much easier on cattle and easier on the rogers so it transitioned into the speedy stuff we see now.
I checked out William MacLeod. He has a bucnh of videos of him practicing. I can see he is really into his practicing and has a very special horse. Check him out, he is really dedicated.