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rings. Cast in the ordinary manner. After casting the animal 

 can be secured by tightening main ropes until hind feet are 

 drawn well forward and down close to the abdomen, Figure 

 IGO. The ropes are now fixed by taking two or more half 

 hitclies around the hind pasterns ; then pass ropes over loins 

 and under back and fix by half hitches over hind pasterns. 



Miles' Rope Method of Casting and Securing "Ridglings" 

 ( Cryptorchids. ) 



The rope method of casting and securing horses, as designed 

 and used by "Farmer" Miles in his "Ridgling castration opera- 

 tions," Figure 161, consists of a cotton rope % inches in 

 diameter and 66 feet long. The rope is doubled and at its 

 middle a collar or neck loop is made by tying a knot in the 

 rope. This rope plays no part in casting the horse ; it is simply 



Fig. 161. Miles' Rope Method of Casting and Securing a "Ridgling. 



(First Position.) 



