SECURING OF SOLIPEDS. 1§ 
done simultaneously and without any abrupt motion, which might: 
cause the animal to struggle. 
The modification found in the Chedhomme improved hobble facili- 
‘tates this removal, but wants security. The majority of veterina- 
tians prefer the English hobbles as being superior. 
These admit of much easier removal than the French hobbles, which 
require more unbuckling. The hobbles. of Bracy Clark are like the 
ordinary ones, but the chain of the main hobble is fixed to it by a 
movable screw, which, once removed, leaves all the hobbles loose. 
(Fig. 12.) When the ani- 
mal gets up it has them 
round each coronet, from 
which they can be read- 
ily taken off. With the 
more recent English hob~ 
bles (fig. 13), the legs be- 
come free at once because 
of the manner in which the 
hobble is made—viz., of 
two leather straps of un- 
equal length united into 
one piece by a buckle at 
one end, and each carry- 
ing at the other end an 
eye of different shape and 
| size. That of the long 
AG i strap is somewhat square 
ti and made to allow the 
a x me . ements introduction of the elong- 
‘ig. 14.—Denenbourg’s improvised tramme! (Peuch ai 7 
‘ Toussaint.) ated ring ofthe short strap 
when the hobble is placed 
round the leg. The animal is cast in the same way, the chain 
secured as above described; and when he is to be made free the 
screw of the main hobble is removed, the chain gets loose, the 
hobbles drop off themselves or are kicked off by the animal 
when he attempts to rise. Sometimes he throws them off from his 
hind legs with much force and not without danger to the lookers on, 
Bourquet’s hobbles possess the same advantages. 
Denenbourg has made hobbles “economical and easy to carry.” 
(Fig. 14.) Take four iron rings, four pieces of cord, and a chain. 
The rings are fixed with the cords round the coronets of the four 
legs, turning backwards for the front and forwards for the hind legs, 
as in figure 14. The animal is thrown and secured as with the ordi-~ 
nary hobbles. ; 
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