The noose does not travel like a bullet, and this element of time is most important.
"Of even more importance is it that the distances are gauged correctly.
You remember I spoke about holding the coils lightly in two or three fingers.

Well, that is done in order that as many coils as may be considered necessary may be let go.

If you are wielding a riata you know that each of your coils is almost two feet or two and one half feet long.

So if you want to lasso something twenty feet away you let go ten coils.
"As to letting go, you simply open your hand at the correct time and the rope slips off.
"But even after you have roped your steer your work is not over.
Almost any animal can pull you from your horse, and to prevent this you must get your rope around the horn of your saddle.

There is where you have to be quick.