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knee (see Fig. "j^). We should employ this plan only when 

 the animal attempts to get up ; for the position which it 

 entails, is very irksome to him. 



Major Woods' method of throwing horses. — I have 

 seen Major Woods, late of the R.M.L.L, throw several 

 horses very cleverly without any special gear, in the 

 following manner, which I believe he invented : Having 

 placed himself on the left side of the horse, which was 

 provided with a head-stall and leading rein, he took up the 

 animal's near fore foot and held it in his left hand, while 

 he drew the horse's head round to the right side by the 

 leading rein, which he kept in his right hand. By forcibly 

 keeping the animal in this constrained position, he obliged 

 him to come down on the near knee, and finally to roll 

 over on the ground. Major Woods claims that throwing 

 the horse in this manner convinces the animal of the 

 ascendency of man more than if special tackle were used. 

 It goes without saying that to apply this method success- 

 fully on violent horses, a man must be, like Major Woods, an 

 athlete, and gifted with presence of mind and pluck. Even 

 if we doubt the superiority of its moral effect on a horse, as 

 compared to the plan on the same principle, but with the 

 aid of special gear ; we must acknowledge that to carry it 

 out on a really difficult horse, is a very clever feat. 



Throwing a horse with the strait-jacket. — To do this, 

 one assistant should stand at his head, another should 

 hold a rope attached to his tail, so that he may not throw 

 himself forward on to his head, while an assistant at each 



