CASTING AND SECUEING HARNESS AND ROPES. 



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ring (h). The operator now stands on the off side, the side 

 upon which the animal is to fall, and makes traction on the 

 halter rein (e) with one hand and free end of rope (g) with the 

 other. This compels the horse to lie down. 



Fig. 158. Russian Method of Casting With Ropes. 



Ordinary Double Side Line Ropes. 



The rope used in casting and securing a horse by the ordi- 

 nary double side line method, Figure 159, should be %-inch 

 in diameter and 60 feet long. It is doubled and at its middle 

 a collar or neck loop (k) (h) is made by tying a simple knot 

 (h). This collar loop is placed around base of neck; the ropes 

 are then passed do^^Tlward between the fore legs, then backward 

 (e) (f) to and around — from without inward — each hind pas- 

 tern (a) (b) ; thence under the preceding rope in a crossed 



