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piece of rope is available and it is not desired to cut it, tie a bowline 

 loosely around the neck, pass the end of the rope around the pastem 

 and through the bowline, and proceed as above. In using a rope 



Plate XXV.— Harness for Theowtntg Horse. 



^^-ithout the cuff the shoer should raise the foot and adjust the rope 

 in the hollow of the pastern while an assistant takes up the slack; 

 if the foot is raised by means of the roj^e alone, even a large rope 

 running thi'ough the hollow of the pastern is apt to bum. 



