176 The CotitpleM Horf email : or, 



Tramel from breaking. Now thefe Side- Ropes muft 

 be juft thirty fix Inches in length for a Horfe of 

 an ordinary Stature, and longer or fhorter accord- 

 ing to the Size of the Horfe, 



Secondly, The Hofe, which muft be placed in the 

 fmall of the Fore- Leg, and the fmall of the Hinder- 

 Leg, above the Pattern- Joints, they muft be made 

 of fine, loft, and pliant Girt- Web, lin'd with double 

 Cotton : Over the Girt- Web muft be fafteii'd ftrong 

 Tabs of white Neats- Leather well tallow'd, and 

 fuited to an even Length, and ftamp'd with Holes 

 at equal diftance, which Tabs fhall pafs through the 

 Koofes of the Side-Ropes, and be made longer or 

 Ihorter at pleafure with very ftrong Buckles, and 

 which Hofe are to be made faft about the Horfe's 

 Legs with fmall Buckles. Now thefe Hofe of Girt 

 Ihould be four Inches in length, and the long Tabs 

 withe the large Buckles ten. 



thirdly, The Back-band being of no other ufe 

 but to bear up the Side Ropes, fhould ( if you tra- 

 mel all four Legs) be made of fine Girt- Web, lined 

 with Cotton ; but if you tramel only one fide, 

 then an ordinary Tape will ferve, being fure that it 

 carries the Side- Ropes in an even Line, without 

 rifmg or falling ; for if it rife, it fhortens the Side- 

 Rope *, and if it falls, it endangers tangling. In 

 fliort, the Side-Ropes muft be firm, without yielding 

 a jot ; the Hofe muft be foft, lie clofe, and not move 

 from their firft place •, and the Back-band muft be 

 fiat, light, and fo defended from the Fillets that it 

 may not gall. 



Having brought your Horfe into an even fmooth 

 Path, having the Hofe made faft about his Legs, 

 untie the long Tabs of the near Fore- Leg, and the 

 near Hinder-Leg, then put to them the Side- Rope, 

 and fee that he ftand without ftraitnihg or enlarging 

 his natural (ituation, and in that even and juft 

 length ftay the Side-Rope by a fmall Tape faften'd 



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