Fw: Rope with a Tire

["Dot Wiggins" <dotwgns@ruralnetwork.net>]

And since when did the movies get it right??   Especially Westerns.

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Linda B. Merims

To: renegade12@juno.com ; ridecamp@endurance.net

Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 10:29 AM

Subject: RC: Rope with a Tire

Randy Eiland renegade12@juno.com  said:

 

>How did they manage to carry a rope with a tire tied to the

>end of it?...especially while mounted on a horse and chasing

>a wild horse?

>

>Terry W. wrote:

>>

>>They also used to rope them with tires tied to the ends of the

>>ropes to drag around til they were exhausted...

 

This technique is used in _The Misfits_ (Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe,

circa 1960).  Copies should be available in any sizeable video store.  If

I recall correctly (it's been at least 10 years since I watched it), they

roped them off the back of a truck.  Pretty harrowing.

 

 

Linda B. Merims

lbm@naisp.net

Massachusetts, USA