will stand still. Have two knee ropes ]/ 2 inch seven feet long. 

 Have one y% inch surcingle rope seven feet long, tie a three 

 inch iron ring in one end of surcingle, and gently slip it 

 over his back, and tie it good. Take one knee rope seven 

 feet long, tie the ends together and loop it in the middle un- 

 der the belly, on this surcingle, it belongs there all the time, 

 for several reasons I will give you later on. Cut i shows a 

 grown horse, with his right foot looped up, by that knee rope, 

 being wrapped around his right ankle two or three times, 

 sulking, because the twitch is on just right, and he don't 

 seem to care whether he is up or down, now if all three men 

 pull firmly and slow, I think he will lie down himself. I 

 know he will, if the castrator will turn his nose around to 

 the left side and say pull. I like to let him put his knee 

 down first and turn over as in cut 5, without a struggle. 

 Now having first looped one knee rope seven feet long, in 

 the middle, loop it, about twenty inches from the three inch 

 ring on the circingle, so as to hang down loose under 

 the belly, for after service, now put on the circingle, as 

 cut 1 shows and tie it good, then put the chin rope 

 through the ring on his side over the back; now 

 one man should hold that rope loosely, ready to pull, 

 when told to pull; and hold his nose back on his side 

 when down, as shown in cut 3, put a short hobble on each 

 hind ankle, and two on right fore ankle; one above and one 

 below the joint as cut 1 shows; then the back rope around 

 the left fore leg above the pastern, running it through the 

 rings as described in the cut 1, like a thread through four 

 needle-, first the lower ring on the right front ankle, then 

 through ring on right hind ankle, then through the ring 

 on the left hind ankle, then through ring at right front 



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