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shown in the engraving, it will be necessary to lift the leg- 

 first, and then buckle the strap. The animal now stands on 

 three legs, and is utterly incapable of doing any mischief, 

 unless it be with the teeth. Let him remain thus for five 

 or ten minutes. If the knee-strap does not hold the foot 

 pretty close to the body, draw the buckle a little tighter. 

 If he "sp rings and jumps about, let him have bridle-room, 

 and satisfy himself that he is securely fastened and can not 

 get his foot down. The annexed engraving, which is a 

 sketch of " Cruiser," Mr. Rarey's most celebrated conquest, 

 at the second stage of the preparations for his taming, well 

 indicates the application of this strap. 



The second strap should be six feet long, and furnished 

 with an inch-and-a-half ring at one end, securedly sewed 

 fast. When used in connection with the surcingle, as Mr. 



THE BABEY LEG-STBAP. 



Rarey's practice was, it need not be so long; and, in any 

 case, a good, stout leather loop, such as is shown in the sub- 

 joined cut, will be better than the iron ring. The strap is 

 to be noosed around the ankle of the right fore-foot, the end 

 extending over the animal's shoulders, and held firmly in the 

 right hand of the operator, who stands abreast the left shoul- 

 der, and jerks up the right fore-foot, when the horse falls, 

 of course, upon his knees. Here he must remain, if the as- 

 sistant, who manages the bridle, does his duty, and the oper- 

 ator himself keeps the strap around the right foot drawn 

 tightly over the top of the shoulders. He may struggle vio- 

 lently, and try to get up from his kneeling posture, but, by 



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