Steady, and 'con-centrate,' Elfreda Briggs!" Miss Briggs swung the rope above her head three times to open the loop, and, gauging her distance as well as she knew how, she let go.

One side of the loop hit Bruin on the ear.
Uttering a snarl at the interruption, the animal made a leap and accomplished what the roper had failed to accomplish.

He leaped right into the loop with his head and one leg.

His spring drew the lasso tightly about him.

He was fast, but he did not propose to be so for many seconds.