PICKING UP FORE LEG. 



ii 



HOLDING UP A FORE LEG. 



If the fore leg be held up by the hand passing under the 

 fetlock or pastern (see Fig. 30), as is frequently done, the 

 horse, by bearing a portion of his weight on the man's hand, 



Fig. 29. Lifting up a fore leg. 



can easily kick with either hind leg. The foot of the 

 unshod horse should, on the contrary, be held by the 

 spread-out fingers grasping the front part of the hoof (see 

 Fig. 31). The shod foot may be held up by the front part 

 of the hoof, under which -the fingers pass, while the thumb 



