LEG STRAP. 



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being the usual result of the injury, on account of the extensor 

 tendon of the knee being at that moment tightly stretched 

 over the part : I have had this accident occur on several 

 occasions, when making horses lie down, even when they 

 had knee-caps on, and when the ground was soft ; (c) The 

 heel of the shoe, if the 

 horse be shod, is apt to 

 bruise and cut the elbow ; 

 (d) The compression ex- 

 ercised by the strap on 

 the fore arm numbs the 

 leg, and tends to make 

 the animal fall awk- 

 wardly, if he is made to 

 lie down ; (e) Unless the 

 strap is kept very tight, 

 it is apt to slip down 

 the fore arm, and thus 

 exercise an injurious 

 strain on the fetlock 

 joint. 



2. By far the best way 

 for tying up a fore leg 

 is the one described by 

 Mr. Saunders in ' Our 

 Horses,' by which the 

 leg is simply suspended, at any length required, from the 

 surcingle. Mr. Saunders advises the use of a small loop to 

 connect the surcingle and strap together (see Fig. 36), with 

 the object, I presume, of keeping the limb in a plane 



Fig. 34. — A stirrup leather utilised for 

 tying up a fore leg. 



