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lengthened as occasion may demand. In some 



halters, the nose-band forms a running noose 



with Its rope, which arrangement Is open to 



the serious objection that If the tylng-up rope 



be long the animal may pass his head through 



the noose, which In this case will be brought 



round his neck, and he will thus run the risk 



of becoming strangled In the event of his 



falling down. I have had more than one 



horse killed in this way. A throat-latch 



Is an Indispensable adjunct to a board-ship 



halter, but It should not, as Is often done, be 



sewn on to the crown-piece (Fig. 17), in 



which case It Is liable to become detached. 



A better plan is to make it separable from 



the halter, to which it can be connected by 



passing It through a loop at the part of the 



halter which goes over the animal's poll. 



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