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Improvised hobbles may also be used for small animals. Four 
pieces of strong cord are fixed on the coronets with a simple knot, 
leaving sufficient’space between them and the skin to run a rope 
through, which takes the place of the chain. 
CASTING WITHOUT HOBBLES. 
By the Rohard process, a long cord or two side lines tied end to 
end are necessary. At about two and a half meters from one of the 
extremities a slip knot and a stopper knot are made so as to make 
this part of the cord represent a kind of loop. Ifa horse is to be 
Fig. 16.—Throwing by the Russian process. 
thrown on the near side, this loop is passed round the neck at its 
base, the knots resting on the external face of the forearm ; the free 
part of the rope is twisted round the forearms to secure the fore legs ; 
it is,.afterward, passed from the outside to the inside inwards round 
the coronet of the left leg, then carried along the right side of the 
ribs towards the posterior parts of the withers. The operator places. 
himself on the left side, a little back of the shoulder, holding the 
loose end ‘of the rope, slowly pulling on it, while he slightly strikes 
on the lower part of the left hind leg; this is soon raised from the 
' ground and then carried forward by the traction of the rope. As: 
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