PULLING UP HIND LEG. 



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assistant and manipulate the rope-twitch ourselves. If we 

 have not got a hobble, we may fix one end of the rope 

 round the hind pastern by a noose which will not run (see 

 Fig. 40), in which case it is well, by the application of a 

 bandage, or piece of cloth, to protect the pastern from 

 getting chafed. Or we may employ the following method, 

 which was shown to me by General Gatacre : — Having 

 taken a strong cord about 20 ft. long, we may tie with it — 



Fig. 66. — Pulling up horse's hind leg. 



to the end of the tail— a '' double sheet bend " (see Fig. 65) 

 in the middle of the cord, and pass one end through the D 

 to the near side, the other end through it to the off side, and 

 give the respective ends to an assistant on each side to hold 

 (see Fig. 66), If the fore leg has been tied up, it should now 

 be let down. The assistants should stand at right angles to 

 the horse, and can lift the leg by pulling equally on their 

 respective cords. In this manner, the leg will be brought 



