In the South it was called a lariat.

The modern rope is a well-made three-quarter-inch hemp rope about thirty feet in length, with a leather or rawhide eye.

The cowboy's quirt was a short heavy whip, the stock being of wood or iron covered with braided leather and carrying a lash made of two or three heavy loose thongs.

The spur in the old days had a very large rowel with blunt teeth an inch long.

It was often ornamented with little bells or oblongs of metal, the tinkling of which appealed to the childlike nature of the Plains rider.