Will Rogers - The Ropin' Fool 

My grandfather William "Buster" Trow is the rider in these rope tricks. He met Will on vaudeville in NYC while working in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and they left for Hollywood together in 1917. Buster acted and did stunts in all Will's movies.

I was lucky enough to learn about my Cherokee cousin Will Rogers as a boy. He's been my hero ever since. The things he could do with a rope were astonishing. I've never seen anyone accomplish what he did. He was a great Cherokee American whose voice we need today.

An Indian who roped and rode like a cowboy, spoke like a sage, joked like a philosopher and scared most politicians. Legend!

Im suprised how entertaining I found this. Impressive accuracy, those last few shots were completely nuts.

I said either "Holy shit" or "You've got to be kidding me" more times than the video was viewed. That guy was just as amazing with his roping as he was with his social commentary. RIP.

I remember watching one of Will’s onstage performances were he walked on stage with that days news paper and proceeded to put a comical spin on every article down to the obituary. Genius.

And I thought Buck was the 'great one' (he still is a 'great one') but Will Rogers is definitely without equal... amazing!

Anyone who visits Los Angeles should visit his place in Pacific Palisades. Impressive ranch, house tours on Thursday and Fridays by the state park ranger. His home, stables, and polo field. We were there two days ago.

This guy is so impressive with a rope. No one will ever be as good as him.

Some of the greatest roping you ever see

I find it strange that two people have "disliked" this.

People really need to go to the Will Rogers Museum in Claremore, Ok. and see some of the other roping. Like two loops on on left and one on right facing two horses on each side and them running through both loops as I remember. Refresh me.

I wonder if the horse ever got bored, You know he knew the tricks as well as Will Rogers and William Trow did.

A lost art.

Absolutely amazing I could watch that all day. Is there anyone doing that today I reckon?

William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879 - August 15, 1935) was an American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, social commentator, and motion picture actor. He was one of the world's best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s. Known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son," Will Rogers was born [on the Dog Iron Ranch in Indian Territory, near present-day Oologah, Oklahoma] to a prominent Cherokee Nation family in Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma).

Simply amazing.

This shows how many years working ranches and cowboy crews the guys dedicated, with countless days and years of their earliest youth. Way before allowed to be handling the livestock. Boys wanted to be ready for and impress the older cowboys, until given their chance and started work before they were 14

This is amazing .

Happy birthday Will!

Yo this is a dope skill. I wish as a city kid, I had more experience with actual skills you use when working farms and ranches.

I bet Will's dad couldn't get much ranch work out of him when he was practicing. He was a great humorist as well. I have visited his childhood home and museum in Ok, fascinating places.

We must also give praise to horse and rider. Especially the Horse !

That's incredible.

Amazing skill.

I am an amateur roper and I would love to be able to do that someday.

Dayum! Will Rogers was like the original Spiderman! Only using ropes instead of webs.

That's serious rope work! I doubt many, or maybe any, rodeo riders today could duplicate them.

Dayum

Dang son thats skill

Happy Birthday 🎂! 140years b but too bad there was no parade(in Claremont) this year. Oh! Well that's all now 😇!😴

That's actually amazing, holy shit

The original "Dude Perfect" videos.

If only i could catch girls the way he catches horses

Featureman brought me here.

Here from featureman

Wow!

Is there anyone else watching this who played high school sports in the Will Rogers League in the Colorado Springs, CO area?

sick

Did your father ever comment on how many takes that they made of tricks that didn’t work out the first time?

Nice slow motion.. seems they had good frame rates back in 1922..

These are Mexican charro techniques. Vicente Oropeza perfomed these great lazo techniques

Page 333 The word "lasso" comes from a Spanish word, lazo, meaning "slipknot" or "snare".

How is it that no Hollywood film maker has incorporated these amazing tricks in a Western. It could be done with CGI. Hollywood,,,you listening?

Who else is here from featureman?

The 1st trick is called the figure 8,I remember seeing his tricks in the movies

why you no 1080p

Here cuz Tom Willet.

This cat was a bad!!!!

Does anyone know who's narrating this? Sounds just like Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Imagine the articulation that went into braiding that hemp much less mastering it's usefulness It's better to know how to tie a knot not need it then to need one and not know how to tie it

Will was to America what Ron Thomason is to bluegrass music. I love them both.

I feel like playing Red Dead Redemption now...!

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that was me

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Hmmmm

Now lets go catch some bitchez!

Will Roger's would have shown how a good a gun would have been if he knew what Democrat or republican would turn out to be. Help the needy , but fuck the lazy!

Wow!