Animal Castration 



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Fig. 22— Miles' Colt Hobbles Applied— First Position. 



Upon one end is a two-inch metal "D." This main rope is also 

 used as the master hobble. It will be observed that there is one 

 hobble rope on each hind pastern and two hobble ropes on off 

 fore leg — one around pastern and the other below the knee. The 

 main rope is applied around pastern of near fore leg (F). It is 

 now passed across through hobble ring on off fore pastern (K), 

 then backward to off hind (L), thence across to near hind (M), 

 and back to hobble ring (N) below off knee. The object of this 

 arrangement of the ropes (two hobbles on off fore leg) is that 

 when traction is made on free end of main rope (O) the off fore 

 foot is raised or lifted off the ground. This in itself unbalances 

 an animal and puts it to a decided disadvantage, besides by lift- 

 ing the off fore foot the animal will go clown on the shoulder of 

 that side and will in all probability receive an easy fall. The 

 animal is cast as illustrated in Pig. 23 (second position), and 

 secured by taking two or more half hitches with the main rope 

 around uppermost hind pastern. This is clone by an assistant. 

 The operator stands opposite the assistant and behind the animal 



