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and the short rope away from the body (see Fig. 186). Raise the top 

 strand of the rope at B and pass the long end through under it away from 

 the body, using the whole rope, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 186, 

 and pull the rope through until A is at the end of the loop as shown in 



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Fig. 186 Fig. 187 



Rope halter. Forming the eye 



Fig. If 



Fig. 187. Raise a strand on -the top of the long end and pass the short 

 end through under it from left to right, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 

 187, and pull up tightly as shown in Fig. 188. From B measure along 

 the short end the distance given in the table to C, and from B measure 

 along the long end to D (Fig. 189). 



If the halter is to 

 be of the guard loop 

 type, as shown in 

 Figs. 190 and 191, 

 proceed as follows : 

 Form the halter 

 over the knee, with 

 the eye to the left, 

 the short end over 

 the knee for the 

 head piece, the long 

 end in front for 

 the nose 

 piece. At 

 the mark 

 C on the 

 short end 

 raise the 

 outside 



strand and pass the long end through from front to back up to the 

 mark D, as in Fig. 189. Just back of this crossing raise the outside 

 strand of the long end and pass the short end through from below, as in- 

 dicated by the arrow in Fig. 189, and pull up tightly as in Fig. 188. 



and D 



Fig. 189 Fig. 190 



Rope halter. Loose guard loop type 



