If a firearm was available, the creasing technique might be used: a careful shot was placed through the muscle just below the mane. If the vertebrae was untouched, the horse would survive and fall to the ground, briefly paralyzed, just long enough to rope and tie the anima. Even more prestigious was the rare and dangerous technique of lassoing a horse on the open range: the young man would determine which horse would be vulnerable to capture in a high-speed chase, especially after a long drink of water. The horse was lassoed and subjected to the taming ordeal. The horse was taken to deep water or sand for the first mounting.

Dan Young. Unpublished Manuscript, 2022.