HOBBLES. 83 



DiEECTIONS FOR RELEASING AN AnIMAL FeOM HoBBLES. 



It requires some care and quite as much time to release an 

 animal from the hobbles as is required in the casting and re- 

 straining process. If the horse is in the dorsal position it 

 should be placed on its side. If the main hobble rope, strap or 

 chain has been "fixed" while restraining, the same should now 

 be "un-fixed" and withdrawn from the hobble rings. The 



Fig. 91. James' Patent Hobbles. 



operator should stand back well out of reach of the feet, how- 

 ever facing them, and carefully remove the hobble straps from 

 each pastern and allow them to drop off. ISTow remove the hood, 

 and lastly the twitch, after which allow the animal to rise. 



James' Patent Hobbles. 



^Figure 91 represents the hobbles introduced by James. 

 They are light and neat as well as sufficiently strong. They 



