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TYING-UP. 



The method of tying-up differs to some 

 extent according to the nature of the stall. 

 In a stall which has two front posts (a 

 single breast-board stall, Fig. i8, p. 121), a 

 ring, for the tying-up ropes, will be fixed to the 

 front of each front post, and about 16 inches 

 above the breast-board. In this case, each 

 tying-up rope should be about 2 ft. 6 in. long. 

 In stalls which have one breast-board to 

 two stalls, the outward tying-up rope is 

 attached to a ring on the front post about 

 18 inches above the breast-board ; and the 

 inward rope, to a ring in the centre of the 



