while I try to draw that rope under the hip, and also draw 

 the under hind foot near his bell)' and hold it there, and 

 ask some one "won't you please put this long end over his 

 upper hind foot and give me back the end.?" I then draw 

 it tight as T can conveniently, and say "men let's turn him 

 upon his back" (as in cut 6,) except the head should be tied 

 tight to his left side, as cut 3 shows it now, by chin rope 

 and halter; now this man at the head in cut 6 does no 

 good, tie that nose around tight to his lelt side and he 

 will lie still, comparatively; now the four men chock 

 the horse on his back with their feet under him, toes^' 

 they must not push first, against each other, but hold ' 

 his knees, and hocks and pull the horse tight on their own 

 feet, as chocks, that is rights so far, now let's tie him so 

 that he cannot hurt himself or anybody else. I don't like 

 to bind a horse very tight, when we first turned him up on 

 his back, his r'ght hind foot may have been too loose; if 

 so bear that foot down gently, and draw the back rope 

 tighter slowly under him; don't jerk or he will struggle; 

 that is horse nature; take up your slack on his left hind foot 

 to match it, and wrap your rope around twice, and take one 

 half hitch and ask a helper to hold it, so it wont slip; now 

 unwrap the knee rope from the right fore foot, and loop it 

 over both hind feet, that ties his hind feet to his belly cir- 

 cingle forward, and the back rope ties them to his hips, and 

 leaves his back out of all danger of hurt or strain. 



My advice to all new beginners is to get a colt out on a 

 good place, cast and tie him several times. Learn the A, B, 

 C of castration before you attempt any surgery. Almost 

 every man that attempts colt castration soon gets conceited 

 and thinks himself an expert, when in fact he is liable to do 



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