. Handbook for rangers & woodsmen . -horseshoe is sUpped about the leg over the cannon-bone andpushed downward till it fits moderately tight. It usually pre-vents an animal from running. Chaining.—This method of preventing an animal from stray-ing or from running away when approached consists merely ofhnking a chain into a single, or picket, hobble; when the animalstarts to run the chain whips the other legs. Such a chainshould be about 2 feet long. An animal that is. hobbled should not be picketed at thesame time; it is not only a dangerous practice, but is also quiteunnecessarv. 240 HANDBOOK
. Handbook for rangers & woodsmen . -horseshoe is sUpped about the leg over the cannon-bone andpushed downward till it fits moderately tight. It usually pre-vents an animal from running. Chaining.—This method of preventing an animal from stray-ing or from running away when approached consists merely ofhnking a chain into a single, or picket, hobble; when the animalstarts to run the chain whips the other legs. Such a chainshould be about 2 feet long. An animal that is. hobbled should not be picketed at thesame time; it is not only a dangerous practice, but is also quiteunnecessarv. 240 HANDBOOK FOR RANGERS AND WOODSMEN. 1. Nose 2. Cheek 3. Jaw 4. Side of head 5. Face 6. Neck 7. Mane 8. Gullet 9. Withers 10. ShoiUder 11. Arm 12. Elbow 13. Caston Fig. 202.—Parts of the horse. 14. Knee 15. Cannon 16. Ankle 17. Pastern 18. Hoof 19. Back 20. Loins 21. Rump or croup 22. Ribs 23. Flank 24. Hip 25. Thigh 26. Buttock 27. Belly 28. Stifle 29. Umbilicus 30. Sheath 31. Chestnut 32. Fetlock 33. Breast 34. Hock 35. Leg or stifle 36. Coronet 37. Poll 38. Chin DISEASES1. HORSES Horses are susceptible to such a multitude of ailments andinjuries that a comprehensive treatise on the subject would re-quire a volume too large and too expensive for the field man tobarry about in his pack; consequently only the more commondiseases, particularly those which may be expected to developin the field, will be considered here. Wind Colic.—Causes.—Overfeeding, watering while hot, use offeed to which the animal has not yet become accustomed, ordi-nary indigestion resulting from improper mastication, or sys-temic disorders. Th
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