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BESTKAINT OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



leg (D) ; then across to and through "D" of near fore leg. To 

 cast the horse traction is made on free end of rope (F). See 

 directions for casting a horse with hobbles. 



Figure 106 represents a horse ready to be cast with im- 

 proved English hobbles, and plate-longe or "unbalancing strap" 

 applied to near fore arm. 



Figure 107 represents a horse ready to be cast with the im- 

 proved English hobbles, used in connection with Bernardot and 



Fig. 108. Trasbot's Method of Casting with Three Hobble Straps and 

 Knee Strap (English Hobble). 



Buttel's apparatus for preventing broken back, and the plate- 

 longe or "unbalancing strap" applied around off fore arm. 



Figure 108 represents the method suggested by Trasbot for 

 casting nervous or vicious animals with the English hobbles. It 

 will be observed that the near forefoot is secured by Trasbot's 

 knee strap (g). (See Knee Straps, Figure 29.) Only three 

 hobble straps are used (g) (b) (f). The master hobble strap 

 (c) is placed on near hind pastern; then pass chain (d) to off 



