208 Training Wild and Subduing Vicious Horses 



keeper. Now place a free running keeper on the 

 strap and the leg strap is completed. To adjust the 

 strap, pass it around the pastern of the horse and 

 through the running keeper. Then draw the fore- 

 leg up until the heel touches the elbow, pass the 

 free end of the strap around the forearm, then 



Fig. 59.^ — Rarey's single safety. 



through the buckle, and draw tight. The horse is 

 now unable to get his front foot to the ground and 

 must walk about on three legs. As a cautionary 

 measure it is a good plan to put on a soft knee-pad, 

 otherwise should the horse come down on his knee 

 he may injure it permanently. 



Rarei/s safety harness. — This harness was devised 

 by Rarey for use in training wild, stubborn and 



