In this case also the steer must be an active one and going at a good pace, otherwise he could not be thrown properly.
Stock-whips were never allowed.

Useful as they may be at times, still the men are liable to ill-treat the cattle, and we got on quite well without them.

Dogs, too, of course, were never used and never allowed on the range.

They so nearly resemble the wolf that their presence always disturbs the cattle.
This deprivation of canine society, as it may be imagined, was keenly felt by us all, perhaps more especially by myself.

Had I only then had the companionship of certain former doggy friends life would have been much better worth living.