ankle above the pastern, and draw all up snug on the left 

 side, lastly, before casting, have the man holding the hal- 

 ter rope from the half hitch, in the mouth, through the ring 

 and over the back, lift the right fore foot, and wrap the 

 knee rope around it several times, (as cut i shows him on 

 three legs only). The castrater should gently turn his 



FOUR HOBBLES 



THIRTEEN" INCHES LONG IN T SIDE. 



BACK KOBE SIXTEEN FEET LONG. 



horse's nose around to his left side, and say, "pull gently 

 and hold tight," and down hi must go easily as in cut 5, 

 and should he there quietly. Then I take the chin 

 rope and run it through the lower part of the halter and 

 back through ring on circingle and ask some man to lift 

 his head back on his side and I pull my rulter rope tight; 

 confining his head as in cut 3 but wane a man to hold 

 that rope. Now I take the back rope as we call it, that 

 the two men now hold, in cut 5, and step forward, 

 and put the back rope under and around the lower hind 

 ankle snugly without jerking, then walk behind to the 

 horse's rump or loin holding 10 pounds pressure all 

 the time, and ask. some one to lift 50 pounds up by the tail, 



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