RR, the longest lariat in common use (and it's not all that common) is sixty feet. I've heard of some twice that, but 52 yards? Thats 156 feet of 3/8ths inch (or better) rope, and that's a lot of rope. Since it needs some stiffness, you must use a pickup truck to carry the coil around.

Hmmm...since you're roping at 52 yards you must have more rope than that. Yeah, I suspect a pickup. And goats can get right rambunctious, so you must be using 1/2 or even 3/4 inch rope. Silk manila, I suspect, since nylon would stretch too much and there's nothing like have a goat stretch your line to the limit and then snap back. Yessir, ol' Billy Cate had that happen to him just a couple months back an' when that ol' goat snapped back it took poor ol' Billy's head clean off. We put it on his tombstone, o' course: "Here lies Bill Cate, his head was took off by a goat he roped. Cowboys take heed: don't rope goats with nylon."

You use a hoolihan or an open loop? Dally or tie hard and fast? Just curious, you understand.