SLINGS 



piece of wood or iron should be sewn in them in order to 

 keep them spread and to prevent the ropes pulling through 

 the eyelet-holes, and there should be straps to go round the 



Slings. 



breast and buttock. Above the place where the horse is to 

 be slung there should be a rafter with blocks attached, so 

 that the ropes of the slings can be run through them, and 

 the horse thus raised a few inches from the ground. Care 

 should be taken to see that the canvas is not wrinkled below 



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