EXERCISES IN HANDLING 



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and if there is long hair here, pick up the foot by it, and 

 handle freely. 



The leg may now be held up by grasping the hoof 

 with the fingers. 



Fig. 6. — Holding Up Near Fore. 



In this connection the author may state that when 

 holding up the near foreleg of a shod horse, he prefers 

 personally to have his face looking in the same 

 direction as the horse's, at the same time grasping 



