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foundation be of stone or brick, the knees of t!ie colt must be protected b^^ 

 knee-caps. ^ •' 



The strap for the near fore-leg must be abont three feet in length and 

 an inch m breadth. It has a buckle at the end mth a metal d or a loop 

 on the mside, about two '■ 



inches from the buckle. 

 The strap is perforated 

 with holes from the point 

 to the half of its length. 

 The point of the strap is 



passed between the arms (>*-^=°^=*^i!i®iS/( ' 



close to the chest, and run ^"''^Ji-.i^ 



through the D. The strap is then allowed to slide down the near fore-lec. 



?h. rfX /.i^'''*.'''''' ^^JL"?''^*°'' '*^^^^"^§' ^P^"^§-1^*' ^^^d holding on by 

 the pomt of the strap. Stram is then made on the pastern to lift the foot 

 and a movement to the left will effectually do so. When the colt remain.s 

 quiescent with the foot well up, the point of the strap is carried over the 

 nnJb'I^-'? '^1 l^ the buckle; and the limb is thus fastened up 



and bent together _ The colt is then incited to move about on three leos 

 either by bending him round by aid of the bridle to the near or to the otf- 

 side or bj reimng him backwards-the latter process is objectionable as 

 mthe convulsive spring, he may rear and fall backwards. Wlien the 

 animal IS m a great measure reconciled to his crippled state, the handlin.. 

 ot the body and hmd-legs must be again proceeded .vith. Except in verv 

 VICIOUS dispositions, the confinement of the near fore-leg will be a sufficient 

 means to enable the most nervous operator to carry through the process 

 of handling the colt. Some horses will attempt to kick when upon three 

 legs, and the zebra will kick and bite in any position, even wl^n lyinc, 

 upon bis back ; but such instances of vice in general are rare. As Lon 

 as the colt will permit his bodj to be handled, let a surcingle or roller be 

 fastened round it. '^ 



Should the colt not remain quiet with the bending up of the near fore- 

 leg alone, then proceed with strapping up the off fore-leg also. The strap 

 for this purpose must be about six feet in length, an inc!i or an inch and a 

 quarter m width, and of the 

 thickness of strong rein or 

 hght stirrup leather. It has 

 a loop of thi^ee inches, or a 

 metal d at one end. The 

 loop or D is passed round 

 the pasteri-i of the off fore- 

 leg, the point of the strap 

 taken through it, and the 



strap drawn tight to the _ 



pastern. The point of the strap is then carried within the surcinufe o. 



raise tlie off fore-leg, he inclines the head of the colt by the aid of the 

 bncUe to the right or left hand ; and the instant the foo^t is removed it 

 if ZZC^ r f,^^^^g^>^^ith force, and retained in that position, 



It possible. Generally speakmg, a succession of violent plunges wil 

 succeed the fall during the whole of which the person must retl^n 



anMf Z"l " vf '""^^ ^^ P^'^^"^= ^^' ^^^°^^^d^r to the near fore- 

 hand of the horse with a strong bearing upon the off rein to bend the 

 head and neck outwards so that the animal cannot collect with acfvan! 



t% T^^^" r/Z''' ^' '°"" ^°"^P^^^ the colt to yield up the eon- 

 te.,t. This part of the process must, on no account, be hurried over or 



