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to it by a l ' double sheet bend " (i.e., a special kind of knot which 

 will not slip), and then passed through the ring of a hobble, when 

 by drawing on the rope the foot will be raised. For dangerous horses 



Fig. 34.— Fastening 



i\\ for operation. 



a very useful apparatus is the hippo-lasso. It may either prepare 

 the way for using hobbles, or may even supersede them. It consists 





The side-stick. 



of a front and hind portion hung by broad straps which pass across 

 the back just behind the forearm and in front of the stifle-joint 

 respectively, and held together by two other straps fastened to the 



