96 ILLUSTRATED HORSE-BREAKING. 



on the head or body, by having to stoop down while 

 standing close to, and a little behind, the fore-leg. 



Mr. J. Leach, M.R.C.V.S., shewed me a neat 

 method for lifting up the leg of a heavy cart- 

 horse, by catching the hair of the fetlock, and 

 then drawing up the leg. The slight irritation 

 caused by the pull at the roots of the hair will 

 cause the horse to readily bend the knee. 



Holding up a fore-leg. If the fore-leg be held 

 up by the hand passing under the fetlock or 

 pastern, as is frequently done, the horse, by 

 bearing a portion of his weight on the man's 

 hand, can easily kick with either hind-leg. The 

 foot should, on the contrary, be held by the 

 hoof, under which the fingers pass, while the 

 thumb presses down on the sole (see Fig. 12). 

 The animal will now avoid placing weight on 

 the man's hand ; for by doing so he would cause 

 the joints of the foot to become bent in a pain- 

 ful manner. 



