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"Thanks. I ain't a-missin' a chanct to eat. And I reckon ole Rowdy there could do somethin' in that line hisself." Bailey smiled. "Turn your horse into the corral. Better pack your saddle over here. That pup will chew them new latigos if he gets near it." "That doggone pup come mighty nigh bustin' me," and Pete smiled for the first time since arriving. "But the pup was havin' a good time, anyhow."
The explanation given in the Century Dictionary will make clear its meaning to the untravelled: "The two ends of the tough cordage, which constitute the cinch, terminate in long narrow strips of leather called latigos, which connect the cinches with the saddle, and are run through an iron ring, called the larigo ring, and then tied by a series of complicated turns and knots, known only to the craft."
Buy a number of extra latigos, or cinch-straps. Include many copper rivets of all sizes they are the best quick-repair known for almost everything, from putting together a smashed pack-saddle to cobbling a worn-out boot. Your horseshoeing outfit should be complete with paring-knife, rasp, nail-set, clippers, hammer, nails, and shoes.
And because he had to count upon possibilities far ahead he drew Ramon's saddle to him and cut the stirrup-leathers, cinchas, and latigos. If Ramon got one of their horses, his own jaded animal would be left. Eventually the rurales would find the saddle and Ramon's horse. And every rural out of the riding would be a factor in their escape.
He had her horse saddled, and was giving a final pull at the latigos when she came out in her riding clothes. "Cinch him up tight," she commanded. "Take a good pull at it; he's getting too foxy." Beaver Boy grunted as Casey put his strength on the strap and the broad cinch bit into his glossy skin. "And that's loose a-plenty," said his mistress. "He blows himself up like a turkey gobbler.
Then more lightly he added, with his sunny smile, "If that big bay starts anything with me, I'll climb the corral fence pronto." Quietly, as one who faces a hard day's work, Phil went to the saddle shed where he buckled on chaps and spurs. Then, after looking carefully to stirrup leathers, cinch and latigos, he went on to the corrals, the heavy saddle under his arm.
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