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under the belly, or if you have not this a short noose 

 of stout cord will do as well, the object being in either 

 case that the leg strap can be held up by it. In using 

 this form of leg strap you should be no less careful 

 to use a knee cap than when employing Rarey's. 



The Kicking Strap.— A kicking strap should 

 always be composed of the very best leather, and ought 

 to be not less than an inch in width, and half an inch 

 in thickness. Strength, however, is as necessary 

 as suppleness in an appliance of this sort. The 

 shaft couplings, further, should be equally strong. 

 When the strap is fixed in its keepers there must be 

 practically no play between it and the quarters of the 

 animal. 



In order to be effectual, a kicking, or rather an anti- 

 [ kicking strap, ought to keep the quarters of a horse 

 from rising at all. Judging, however, from the 

 manner in which the strap is often fastened, it is little 

 wonder that so many animals are able to kick as well 

 with it on as without it. 



The Hippo-Lasso. — ^This leather apparatus is 

 very useful for the purpose of controlling a vicious 



