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To release the horse, all you have got to do is simply 

 to unscrew the thumb-screw. In throwing a horse 

 with hobbles, it is an important matter that the best 

 hobbles shall be used. Now, the best hobbles are well 



Fig. II. — Hobbles Applied. 



padded. They must be stout and pliant, and ought 

 to have special steel furnishings. A cross hobble will 

 then make the set complete. There are other forms of 

 hobbles, however, which deserve mention here. One 



