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MEANS OF BESTRAINT. 



Fig. 14.— Securing all the Legs, with Eope all around the Animal. 



invented by Kaabe and Lunel — the hippo-lasso (Fig. 15). This 

 ajjparatus is called the straight jacket for horses, by the inventors, 

 and is composed of a strong breast-piece or Dutch collar, and a 

 breeching, placed over the withers and the croup. The breeching 

 carries on each side, firmly sewn on, a long strap, and at each 

 point, B, an iron eyelet. The breast-piece at B, carries also on 

 each side an iron eyelet, and on the front strap a strong buckle. 

 To place it in position, the Dutch collar is thrown over the neck 

 and the breeching laid over his rump. Both straps of this part of 

 the hippo-lasso are passed forward through the iron eyelet of the 

 breast-piece at B, back through that of the breeching at B, and 

 then forward again to be buckled, more or less tightly, at b. The 

 length of the strap of the Dutch collar piece which passes over the 

 neck, and that of the croup, must be regulated in such a manner 

 that the horizontal position of the lasso is for the fore legs, but 

 a little below the forearm, and between the stifle and the hock 

 for the hind legs. 



The hippo-lasso is an excellent means of restraint, and may 

 even be utilized for vicious animals upon which operations would 

 otherwise be impossible, except by throwing them. In shoeing 



