IMPROVED BLINDS AND CASTRATION HOPPLES. 539 
The Collar, 
Made of stout double leather, stitched. In the centre, in front 
of the withers, is a cottrel, which is a great improvement on the 
knot which, in the common method, is fixed on a doubled rope. 
This cottrel receives the rings attached to the ends of the pulling 
ropes. The ropes, being fastened by their rings to the cottrel, pass 
between the hind legs, and are returned through their rings. By 
means of this cottrel it is evident that, when the animal is secured, 
he may be instantly set at liberty by withdrawing the screw. 
Again ; there is a strap and buckle to the off side of the collar, 
to adapt sizes, and for the advantage of being able to place the 
collar without the necessity of putting it over the colt’s head, and, 
at the same time, without any ropes being attached, which in wild 
colts is of no trifling importance. Attached strongly to the collar, 
and exactly under the cottrel, is a strap extending backwards, to 
be received into a buckle coming from the girth strap. 
The girth strap has also a strap and buckle on the off side, for 
the convenience of releasing after operation, and adaptation to 
