148 The Care of Animals 



This keeps him down, for horses get up on their fore 

 legs first, and it is necessarj^ for them to throw their 

 heads upward in order to get their balance. 



In throwing horses, a spot of level greensward 

 should be selected, or the floor or ground be well 

 covered with straw, to avoid injurj- as the animal goes 

 down. It is a good plan to place a folded blanket 

 under the horse's head, to prevent injury to him while 

 down. In working about horses, an operator is liable 

 to be hurt, either h\ the animal's kicking, biting, or 

 striking with the fore foot. The safest place by a 

 horse w^hen he is standing is close to the left shoulder, 

 as the horse is unable to kick or strike a person there, 

 and the head can be kept away by holding with the 

 right hand. A person should stay close to a horse, 

 or else keep quite out of his reach. A medium dis- 

 tance is dangerous ground. 



In throwing good -sized cattle, the animal is con- 

 fined by the head, one end of a small one -fourth 

 inch thirty-foot rope is tied to the horns, a half-hitch 

 taken about the animal's body just back of the fore 

 legs and another just iti front of the hind legs; then, by 

 having the half- hitches tight and pulling on the end 

 of the rope sharply, the animal will go down. Fig. 37. 

 It can be kept down by drawing the tail through be- 

 tween the hind legs and by holding it forward and up- 

 ward. This keeps the animal from getting up, for 

 cattle always get up on their hind legs first. 



Hogs can be restrained by slipping a noose of small 

 rope on the upper jaw just back of the "tusks." 

 This will confine the head, when the animal can be 



