SECURING SOLIPEDS. 



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Fig. 7a.— Plaited Kope. 



In the first method a hobble is placed on the coronet of the 

 foot to be raised, with the buckle outward, and the ring looking 

 backward; then a loop made at the flat end of the j)late-longe is 



Fig. 8.— Securing the Hind Foot with Eope and Hobble. 



passed around the neck ; the rope is then carried along the back, 

 and with a single turn around the tail, is passed through the ring 

 of the hobble, from within outward. PuUing on the rope raises 

 the foot and carries it backward, where it is held by the assistant. 



Second. — Sometimes the hobble is dispensed with, and the 

 rope is passed from the neck straight to the coronet, where a 

 double twist is made, and the foot controlled as before (Fig. 9). 



Third.— In other cases, the plate longe is secured to the tail, 

 instead of around the neck, conditioned of course upon whether 

 the tail is sufficiently long and furnished with haii- of the strength 



