GENTLING HIND LEG. 



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we may apply the rope-twitch (see page 132) ; and by its 

 aid and a little " gentling," proceed as before described. 

 Instead of lifting up the hind leg with the hand, we may, 

 while the fore leg of that side is tied up, place on the hind 

 pastern a hobble with a D attached to it (see Fig. 62), and 

 after the fore leg has been let down, lift up the hind leg 

 with a rope or stirrup leather (see Fig. 6'i^). 



Fig. 64. — Gentling horse's hind leg. 



If the horse be too bad a kicker to allow a hind leg to be 

 lifted up by the comparatively gentle means just detailed ; 

 we may, while the horse is being held by an assistant, tie 

 up one fore leg ; put on the pastern of the hind leg of the 

 same side — say, the near hind — a hobble ; fix a rope to its 

 D ; and give the rope to a second assistant. We may then 

 gentle the leg, while the assistant keeps it off the ground 



