FIXING ROPE TO SHORT TAIL. 



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it causes no irritation. If the horse's tail is too short to 

 make a knot in its hair, we may pass a loop made in the 



Fig. 68. — Method of fastening a rope to a short tail. 



middle of a doubled cord over the dock, and further secure 

 it by a half hitch (see Figs. 6Z and 69). 



