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the third man at his head. The two men holding 

 the ends of the rope, pnll, while the man at his head 

 endeavors to back him. After some severe strug- 

 gling, he is thrown back npon his hannches. I must 

 say the plan is not only cruel, but attended with a 

 great amount of danger. The colt does not recover 

 from his injuries for sometime. Tv/o valuable colts, 

 to our certain knowledge, were rendered worthless 

 by the use of the above mentioned step in throw- 

 ing them. One had his thigh broken — the other so 

 injured across the loin that he became useless. By 

 the use of my surcingle, as described on previous 

 page, any boy fifteen years *of age, can lay down a 

 horse easily, and place him in any position for per- 

 forming surgical operations of any kind, without the 

 assistance of any one. In sections where I am trav- 

 elling, in the spring season, colts are sent to me daily 

 to be castrated, and not in a single case have I occu- 

 pied more than ten minutes in performing the opera- 

 tion, without any assistance. By the use of my sur- 

 cingle it can be accomplished in ten minutes (alone,) 

 easier than to adopt the old-fashioned way, with half 

 a dozen assistants. 



HoTV to I>rive a RimaTray Ilorse. 



This is easily effected by buckling a strap eight 

 inches in length, one inch wide, around the ankle of 

 the left forward foot, with inch ring attached ; another 

 strap, fifteen feet in length, one inch wide, with one 

 end buckled to the hame ring, the other end slipped 



