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good strong harness leather and equipped with iron D's for 

 passage of the ropes; several pieces of common sash cords 

 to fasten the legs and to secure the limbs in dififerent posi- 

 tions for operations. In the middle of each side of the collar- 

 loop an iron thimble is fastened betv^^een the strands to 

 receive the ropes. (Fig. 23.) The hopples are buckled to each 

 hind pastern and the collar slipped over the head and ad- 

 justed to the base of the neck. The ropes proceeding from 

 the collar are passed backward between the forelegs to the 

 hopples on the hind legs. Each rope is passed from within 



Fig. 24. 

 Horse Secured with Miles' Ropes, in Position tor Foot Operation. 



outward through the D of each hopple, and then through 

 the thimbles at the collar. The rope on the side the horse 

 is to be thrown is passed backward again through the hopple 

 (not through the D) from above downward and then over 

 to the opposite side to the hands of an assistant. This rope 

 will subsequently be used to pull the hind leg from under 

 the horse at the proper time. The rope on the opposite 

 side is placed in the hands of a second assistant, stationed 

 behind the horse. The front leg on the side the horse is to 

 be cast is now tied up and a firm hold taken of the head at 



