The Three-Fingered Pinch

Three-fingered pinch, known in New Mexico as the Carlsbad crease, in the Indian nations as the Seminole crease, and in modern times as the Gus crease after the hat the actor Robert Duvall wore in the miniseries Lonesome Dove. At the time of this story, the crease was an indication that the rider was from New Mexico. The style is believed to come into being around Carlsbad, New Mexico, in the 1870s.