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EESTEAINT OF DOMESTIC AlflMALS. 



Fig. 157. Over's Double Side Line Casting Ropes Applied. 



and causes the horse to drop down on his near hind quarter 

 and finally to the ground. The horse is secured after casting 

 by placing a hobble strap on off fore pastern. The rope which 

 has already been passed from near fore to near hind is now 

 passed through hobble strap ring on off fore. By tightening 

 this rope the two fore feet and near hind foot are brought 

 together. In this position they are secured by two or more half 

 hitches around one of the pasterns. Thp other rope is tight- 

 ened until the off hind foot is pulled down near the abdomen. 

 It is then and there fixed by tying to collar. 



Bussian Method of Casting with Hopes. 



The Russian method of casting with ropes, Figure 158, is 

 similar in many respects to that of Kohard, Figure 150. It 

 (Russian) consists of a %-inch rope 25 feet long; at one end 

 is a heavy metal ring 3 inches in diameter. If the horse is to 

 be cast on the off side, the collar is made by simply looping the 

 ring end of rope (h) around base of neck (d) (e). The free 

 end of the rope (b) is carried downward to and around off hind 

 pastern (a) ; then forward and upward (c) to and through 



