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Fig. 131 



Halter tie begun 



the end of the rope is passed as shown in Fig. 128. Pull the knot up 

 tightly. 



There is a right way and a wrong way to leave this tie when hitching 

 to a plain post without a groove, ring, or crossbar to keep the rope from 

 slipping down. If the knot is twisted arcund to the right of the post, 

 as in Fig. 129, a pvdl on the tie rope will draw the rope tightly about the 

 post and will thus prevent it from slipping down; if, on the other hand, 

 the knot is at the left, as in Fig. 130, a pull will not tighten it and it will 

 slip down. 



Halter tie. — This is a knot preferred by some persons to the hitching 

 tie just described, for use in hitching or in tying the halter rope 



in the stall. 

 If properly 

 set, it is 

 secure and 

 may be 

 used in 

 some cases 

 in place of 

 F^°- ^32 the under- 



hand bow- 

 line knot. The halter tie should never be used around a horse's neck, 

 because if the tie is not set up correctly it forms a slip knot and its 

 use might result in strangulation of the animal. 



Pass the end of the rope upward through the ring, then downward 

 on the left of the long rope, grasping it with the right hand and holding 

 the long 

 rope with 

 the left 

 hand as 

 shown in 

 Fig. 131. 

 Draw the Fig. 133 Fig. 134 



end to the ^''^^'' ''' -^""^^'^ 



right and upward, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 131, thus supporting 

 the long rope as shown in Fig. 132. Now pass the end of the rope over, 

 under, and again over the long rope, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 

 132 and as shown in Fig. 133. Draw the end through, as in Fig. 134, 

 and set the knot by pulling first on the short end. This is important. If 

 the long rope is pulled first and the kinks in it are straightened out, the 

 tie forms a slip knot, being simply two half hitches around the rope, as 

 in Fig. 74. 



