6o BREAKING AND TRAINING. 



Now that the animal is thrown, the rope which is 

 uppermost must be adjusted. To this end, it must be 

 drawn up, whilst someone pulls on the hamstring so 

 as to bring the hind limb well forward, and close up 

 to the body- The fore limb of the same side should 

 then be pushed downwards and backwards, and 

 hitched to the hind one, resting on either the inner or 

 outer side. The colt is next turned on its back, 

 and the other side secured in a like manner. The fore 

 limbs can, if heedful, be tied together separately. 



Method II. — ^The second method presents little diffi- 

 culty. First of all make a flat leather collar for the 

 neck, one that can readily be adjusted, and on either 

 side of the shoulder have a couple of stout steel D's 

 affixed. Next procure a pair of hempen ropes. These 

 should be fairly stout, but neither of them should be 

 less than six yards long. 



Then make two nooses, one on the end of each rope, 

 and hitch them respectively around the two fore fet- 

 locks ; then pass the opposite 9nds of the ropes through 

 the D's of the hobbles on the hind fetlocks. The fiee 

 ends must then be drawn back and passed through the 

 steel D's on the collar. The colt is now in readiness 

 for throwing. In throwing him, you must pull the 



