SECURING OF SOLIPEDS. 
by a slip knot, it is carried forward between the forearms, passe 
round the opposite shoulder, brought to the withers along the rit 
‘to the elbow, where, made to cross itself from within outwards, 
is given to an assistant to hold. A sufficient pull on the rope wi 
taise the leg from the ground and carry it forward (fig. 2). Th 
patient is thus prevented from kicking with either of his legs. 
Surrounding the base of the neck with a loop of the plate-long 
secured with a straight knot, in order to avoid pressure upon th 
s 
‘Fig. 2.—Hind limb lifted and carried forward by means of the kicking-strap. (From a photograph.) 
trachea, then carrying its free end between the hind canon: 
passing it round the coronet of the leg to be raised, and bringing j 
‘back to the elbow to cross, is not a thing to be recommended: : 
‘the animal struggles, the rope may bruise or chafe the skin of th 
-coronet, or even the subcutaneous tissues, 
To immobilize the two hind legs, two hobbles are used, one single 
the other, the kzng hobble; these are placed round the hind core 
‘nets, the ring turned forward and the chain or rope of the main hob 
‘ble passed through the ring of the other. It is stayed with a knot o 
‘in the usual way, and then its free end is carried forwards betwee 
the fore legs, around one or the other of the shoulders, to the back 
to the sides of the chest, and to the elbow, where, crossing itself fron 
‘within outwards, it is entrusted to an assistant (fig. 3). 
There are other devices: Put upon the horse a surcingle havin; 
two rings on its outer surface, one on each side of the vertebral col 
amn,. take two strong ropes or plate-longes, fix them at one en 
round the coronets, pass them forward through eack corresponding 
