Restraint of domestic animals; a book for the use of students and practitioners; 312 illustrations from pen drawings and 26 half tones from original photographs . Fig. 161. Miles Rope iVIethod of Casting and Securing a Ridgiing. (First Position.) 138 RESTEAINT OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. for restraint after casting. The casting is done with Milesrope hobbles, Figures 86 and 109. To cast and secure a horseby ]\Iiles method a suitable place is selected. The Miles twitch,Figure 5, is applied and tied up to side of halter, Figure halter rein is held by an assistant. The loop of the Milescasting rop
Restraint of domestic animals; a book for the use of students and practitioners; 312 illustrations from pen drawings and 26 half tones from original photographs . Fig. 161. Miles Rope iVIethod of Casting and Securing a Ridgiing. (First Position.) 138 RESTEAINT OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. for restraint after casting. The casting is done with Milesrope hobbles, Figures 86 and 109. To cast and secure a horseby ]\Iiles method a suitable place is selected. The Miles twitch,Figure 5, is applied and tied up to side of halter, Figure halter rein is held by an assistant. The loop of the Milescasting ropes is then placed over the horses head and aroundbase of neck (u) (r), with knot (r) in front of breast. Bothropes are passed between the fore legs and backward (i) (j)—from within outward, around the hind legs above the hocks(m) ; then forward and upward (k) (1) through the collarloop (q). The free ends of the ropes (s) (t) are now handed. Fig. 162. Miles Rope Method of Casting and Securing a Ridgling.(Second Position.) to two assistants who are instructed to keep all slack out ofthem, but not to pull a pound until after the horse is on theground. The Miles rope hobbles are now applied. With theoperator holding the tail the command is given and the horseis cast by two assistants making traction on free end of mainhobble rope (a). After the horse is cast. Figure 162, the ropesare dropped from above the hocks (m) down to the hind pas-terns. The hobbles are now removed and the fore legs flexedand fixed by means of knee ropes or straps. Sufficient tractionis now made on free ends of the main ropes to draw the hindfeet well forward. The rope is now fixed by taking two or morehalf hitches around the near hind pastern, then carry rope over CASTING AND SECUKING HAENESS AND KOPES. 139 behind the horse in front of stifle (over the loins and underrump), and back behind the lower thigh; then across in frontof scrotum (k). After dra
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