HORSE EQUIPMENT FOR RANGE WORK 



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tention. One is to be used in packing simply a bed 

 from camp to camp. Lay the bed canvas on the ground 

 and place the blankets in the center of it at full length 

 but folded once, so as to make the pack about 3^ feet 

 wide and the length of the blankets. Fold the canvas 

 over the blankets and then lay the pack across the ani- 

 mal's back, allowing it to hang down on each side. Pass 

 each end around the body of the pack animal so as to 



A Handy Bed Pack Sometimes Called "The Oregon Wind." 



form a belt about him. Then open the loop of your 

 rope large enough to allow the horse to step into it and 

 bring it back around the blankets about six inches from 

 the front edge. Slip the hondo or loop up until when 

 pulled tight it will come right back of the withers and 

 just over the backbone. Draw it as tight as possible, 

 then carry the loose end back about a foot, carry it 

 around the animal, bring the end through the rope so as 



