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When the horse strikes out as well as kicks, the different 

 parts of the strait-jacket may be connected together, with 

 the exception of, say, the near trace, the end of which may 

 be held by an assistant while another helper holds a rope 

 attached to a D which is on the near side of the breast- 

 band. The loop formed by the breast-band and its back- 

 strap is now passed over the horse's neck, the end of the 

 near trace passed through the near side D of the breast- 



Fig. 54. — Horse with strait-jacket on. 



band, and the remaining fixings accomplished. If the 

 animal be not very violent, the gear may be connected 

 together, the loop made by the breast-band and [its back- 

 strap passed over the head and neck, and the breeching 

 pulled over the croup by a rope. 



If the precaution of putting on the rope-twitch be taken, 

 no difficulty need be experienced in subsequently applying 

 the strait-jacket. 



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