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The Care of Animals 



the collar about the animal's neck, or held by an 

 assistant. 



For an important surgical operation, horses are 

 usually thrown, by the use of either side-lines or hob- 

 bles. Fig. 36. The side-line method consists in attach- 

 ing long ropes below the fetlocks on both hind legs, 



Fig. 36. Throwing a horse by means of side-lines 



running the ropes forward to a collar and, by exerting 

 force on the ropes, drawing the animal's hind legs for- 

 ward and upward and retaining them in that position. 

 Special throwing harnesses are made for this purpose. 

 Lacking these, one may use a piece of three -fourths inch 

 rope forty feet long, doubled at the center and tied to 

 make a loop at that point about two feet long. This 

 loop can be slipped over the horse's head, in the form 



