SADDLE HITCH 



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SADDLE HITCH 



As its name implies, this is a hitch to be used on 

 any riding saddle. In a saddle that has no rings any 

 loop that can be formed by a strap will do; also the 

 stirrups may be crossed, lashed in place and the sad- 

 dle hitch used as described. Also, if there is no means 

 of lashing the crossed stirrups in place, the saddle 

 hitch may be used by passing the rope that is between 

 the two bights under the belly of the animal, and mak- 

 ing the hitch as described but under the animal instead 

 of across the saddle. 



Fig. 1. 



Fig, I. The ordinary stock saddle, with a double cinch, 

 has been selected to illustrate this hitch. But it 



