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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 tying-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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