94 ILLUSTRATED HORSE-BREAKING. 



I may mention that this method of noosing 

 the leg, is precisely similar to that employed in 

 securing the limbs of wild elephants, in India, 

 when they have been driven into a stockade. 



2. The best way for lifting up a fore-leg, with 

 the hand, is, as I have found out, to grasp, say, 

 the near fore, with the left hand; pinch it with 

 the fingers to stimulate the flexors of the knee 

 to contract ; turn the elbow in, and press it 

 against the upper part of the fore-arm, so as to 

 throw the weight from the near, on to the off fore, 

 and thus to render the picking-up of the near 

 fore a very easy matter (see Fig. 1 1). If required, 

 an upward pull is given with the left arm, and 

 the foot is caught with the right hand as the 

 horse lifts it up. I may add, that the muscles 

 against which the man's elbow presses assist in 

 raising the foot from the ground. By this plan 

 the breaker can stand at the side of the leg that 

 has to be raised, and a little away from it, thus 

 keeping out of danger, as much as possible. If 



