KNEE ROLL — KNOTS 



Knee Roll. — The padded projection which extends in 

 front of the flaps of some saddles to assist the riders in 

 keeping their seats. (See Flap, Saddle.) 



Knees. — The knees are the joints between the fore-arm 

 and cannon bone, and consist of seven, and sometimes eight 

 bones, viz., three flat ones on the top, three on the bottom, 

 and either one or two at the back. The top flat bones, 

 counting from the outside to the inside, are the cunieform, 

 the lunar, and the scarphoid ; the bottom ones the unieform, 

 the magnum, and the trapezoid. The pisiform is a bone at 

 the back and outside of the upper row, and is curved to allow 

 space for the tendons of the leg to pass downwards. The 

 eighth bone, which occasionally appears, is called the trapezium, 

 and is at the back of the trapezoid. (See Bones, Fore-legs.) 



Knots. — The accompanying illustrations represent two 

 knots which every one connected with horses should be able 

 to make. Emergencies so often arise that the ability to 



Surgical Knot, for tying „ rr ^ r 



sutures, blood-vessel^. branny Knot, for use m 



. cases of emergency, 



when harness has to 

 be repaired with cord. 



make a non-slipping knot cannot be overestimated, and 

 the power can easily be obtained by carefully studying the 

 illustrations. (See Stitching Wounds.) 



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