1928. This book is a guide to teaching anyone how to do trick and fancy rope spinning tricks with a lariat. Spinning a rope is certainly exercise, as the contributors, Fred Stone, Will Rogers and Elsie Janis, will tell you. Once you get the hang of the first trick, the wedding ring, you will be hooked and will want to learn more about ropes, loops, hondas, rope-spinning, straight roping and of course, cowboys.