LORD B 'S STKAP, 77 



led, but Mr. Rarey always makes him hop alone. The 

 moment he lifts up his off fore-foot you must draw up 

 strap No. 2 tightly and steadily. The motion will draw 

 up the oif leg into the same position as the near leg, 

 and the horse will go down on his knees. Your object 

 is to hold the strap so firmly that he will not be able to 

 stretch his foot out again. Those who are very con- 

 fident in then- skill are content to hold the strap only 

 with a twist round their hand, but others take the 

 opportunity of the horse's first surprise to give the strap 

 a double turn round the surcingle. 



Another way of performing this operation is to use 

 with difficult violent horses the strap invented by Lord 

 B h, which consists first of the loop for the off 



IOBD B.'s IMPROVED STRAP NO. 2. 



fore-leg shown in our cut. A surcingle strap, at least 

 seven feet long, with a buckle, is thrown across the 

 horse's back ; the buckle end is passed through the ring ; 

 the tongue is passed through the buckle, and the mo- 

 ment the horse moves the Tamer draws the strap tight 

 round the body of the horse, and in buckling it makes 



