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the end run through the second keeper. Figs. 34 and 35 

 show how this can be done equally well with a stirrup leather, 

 with which two or three turns have been taken round the 



Fig. 32. Proper way to hold up fore leg of shod horse." 



pastern, so as to bring the punched holes sufficiently near 

 the buckle. The objections to the employment of this 

 method of tying up the leg, whether with a Rarey's strap 



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