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such an accident as capped knee resulting. Having 

 given this warning I may go on to declare that I have 

 found Rarey's leg-strap an excellent method of 

 fastening up the fore limb of a horse. Further, 

 though I have tied some scores of horses in this way, 

 none of the said horses have ever, in any case under my 

 supervision, been unfortunate enough to meet with 

 the slightest mishap. It is a method that I make 

 use of when examining hunters, hacks, roadsters, 

 etc., as to the soundness of their respiratory organs. 

 You will understand my reasons for this from the fact 

 that the amount of exertion in the matter of circus 

 movements — which a horse is thus compelled to under- 

 go, behind the whip in a bare five minutes is equal 

 to half an hour's hard galloping. 



Another plan of " fastening up " is that of suspend- 

 ing the leg in a plane parallel to the long axis of the 

 body. If you prefer to follow this method, you must 

 take either the same strap, as I have already described, 

 or else a stirrup leather, and fix this around the 

 animal's pastern. After this put on a roller, then 

 flex the knee and suspend it from the roller on about 

 a level with the hocks. The roher, by the way, 

 should either have a D fixed on it just where it goes 



