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how vicious the horse may be he is comparatively pow- 

 erless for mischief when this is applied, and the oper- 

 ator will be quite safe even when placed behind the 

 hind limb. These will be all the special appliances 

 necessary to be used in breaking even the most refrac- 

 tory animals 



Fig. 18. Hind-limb secured by a sideline. 



It is well in this place to introduce a common, and 

 it may be said, a very convenient method for throwing 

 horses, a method that can also be used on vicious 

 horses when the necessity for throwing them arises. A 

 drawing of this is seen in Fig. 19. As will be seen, the 

 only special apparatus required is a strong rope about 

 25 to 30 feet long, such as can be found on every farm. 

 This should be doubled, and about two or three feet 

 from the bend a knot is tied, as seen at A. This forms 

 a loop, which should be large enough to encircle the 

 neck like a ^collar. It will be well now to strap up tlu 



