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METHODS OF HORSE-CONTROL. 



Holding up a fore leg. — If the fore leg be held up by 

 the hand passing under the fetlock or pastern (see Fig. 30), 

 as is frequently done, the horse, by bearing a portion of his 

 weight on the man's hand, can easily kick with either hind 

 leg. The foot of the unshod horse should, on the contrary, 



Fig. 30. — Wrong way of holding up 

 horse's fore leg. 



Fig. 31. — Proper way to hold up 

 unshod horse's fore leg. 



be held by the spread-out fingers grasping the front part of 

 the hoof (see Fig. 31). The shod foot may be held up 

 by the front part of the hoof, under which the fingers 

 pass, while the thumb presses down on the sole (see Fig. 32). 

 In either of these cases, the animal will avoid placing 



