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of the hoof should never be rasped. Shoes should be reset every five or six weeks 

 if the feet are to be kept in a normal condition. For all defects such as inter- 

 fering, overreaching and other defects in gait consult a first-class horseshoer. 



Fig. i. Arrangement of ropes to throw a 

 horse. 



Fig. 2. Throwing a horse. 



Fig. 3. Holding a horse down^ 



THROWING OR CASTING A HORSE. 



Side-line Method. Take a three-fourths inch rope about forty feet long, 

 double it at the center and tie to make a loop about two feet long. Slip this 

 loop over the horses neck like a collar letting the knot come at the top of 

 the neck. Pass the two loose ends down either side of the horse, around the 

 hind leg under the fetlock joint and back through the collar Now with one 



