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fifteen inches long and nine inches wide, with a single poll 

 strap and a ring on each side for the tie ropes. The poll 

 strap is of two-inch heavy leather with numerous buckle- 

 holes to make it adjustable to any sized head. The tie ropes 

 are ordinary half-inch hemp, long enough to encircle the 

 pillar or to reach the pillars of a stall of any ordinary width. 

 Whenever the tie ropes, owing to the construction of the 

 stall, cannot be tied low enough on the pillars to hold the 



Fig. 104. 

 Horse Properly Secured for the Simple Dental Operations. 



head down to the proper height, a third rope or strap is tied 

 to the lower end of the halter, passed between the fore legs 

 around the withers and back again between the fore legs to 

 the halter. By this addition a horse can be secured in an 

 open room, field or box stall with only the assistance of one 

 person to steady the head. (Fig. 105.) 



In the absence of the dental halter dental operations 

 should be performed with the aid of an assistant, to hold 



