CASTING AND SECURING HARNESS AND ROPES. 



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Restraint of Wild and Vicious Horses. 



The practitioner of veterinary surgery oftentimes has occa- 

 sion to subject and restrain wild and vicious horses — the kind 

 that are often referred to as "bronchos." These animals kick 

 behind and strike viciously in front. They are dangerous to 

 man, and to subject and restrain them without receiving bodily 

 injury requires considerable tact and skill. These animals are 

 often too wild and vicious to even allow the operator to put a 

 halter, bridle, or twitch on them, to say nothing of adjustment 

 of hobbles and casting harness around their legs and feet. They 

 must be cast without going in striking or kicking distance of 



Fig. 181. Lasso and Loop Rope Method of Casting a "Broncho" — First 



Position. 



them. There are several methods of doing this ; however, only 

 three of them will here be illustrated and described. 



Figure 181 represents the lasso and rope method (first posi- 

 tion) of casting a broncho. The lasso is cast and the horse 

 caught by a loop around its neck (b). The lasso rope is then 

 carried one or more times around a post or tree (b) (c). Of 

 course during this time the horse is busy in his struggling efforts 

 to get away; however, no attention should be given to that part 

 of the projposition. A loop (a) is made in the end of another 

 rope and the horse allowed or forced to step into the loop with 



