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THE HORSE 



Dj-es, so that the lo^'s being brought togotlior iho horse is thrown upon hia 

 side.' As soon as he feels his legs going he generally assists l)y his struggles 

 to secure his own downfall. No hitches are re(iuire.l with these modern 



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appliances, which \vill be better understood by the accompanying engravings 

 than any verbal explanation. 



Peard's Patent Hobbles. — These hobbles gather up their own slack, 

 and each link as it is pulled forward through a steel cylinder is caught by 

 a spring and secured. They are most easily adjusted or removed from tho 

 legs by means of a hinged lock-bar over the straps, the hole of which fits 

 over a stud. One man can throw the heaviest animal. 



SLINGS 



It sometimes happens that instead of throwing horses down \vc have 

 occasion to hold them up, perhaps get them up when prone. It is a dillicult 

 task with a heavy horse, and in a cramped stable with no " head-room," as 

 butchers call height in their slaughter-houses. Whatever appliances are 

 used for raising a prostrate horse, the first thing to be ascertained is whether 

 or no a pulley can be placed at a sutlicient height above him to give tho 

 necessary power for raising so great a weight. With low ceilings a floor-board 

 or two may sometimes be removed, or in tho case of hovels with roofs of less 

 value than the tenant, three holes may be made to acconnnodatc as many poles, 

 and those being placed after tho manner of the gips3''s camp kettle and 

 lashed aloft, the necessary power can be obtained. It is not possible to 



