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 . is position they are secured by two or more halfhitches around one of the pasterns. The other rope is tight-ened until the off hind foot is pulled down near the is then and there fixed by tying to collar. Russian Method of Casting with Ropes. The Russian method of casting with ropes, Figure 158, issimilar in many respects to that of Rohard, Figure 150. It(Russian) consists of a %-inch rope 25 feet long; at one endis a heav


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 . is position they are secured by two or more halfhitches around one of the pasterns. The other rope is tight-ened until the off hind foot is pulled down near the is then and there fixed by tying to collar. Russian Method of Casting with Ropes. The Russian method of casting with ropes, Figure 158, issimilar in many respects to that of Rohard, Figure 150. It(Russian) consists of a %-inch rope 25 feet long; at one endis a heavy metal ring 3 inches in diameter. If the horse is tobe cast on the off side, the collar is made by simply looping thering end of rope (h) around base of neck (d) (e). The freeend of the rope (b) is carried downward to and around off hindpastern (a) ; then forward and upward (c) to and through CASTING AND SECURING HARNESS AND ROPES. 135 ring (h). The operator now stands on the off side, the sideupon which the animal is to fall, and makes traction on thehalter rein (e) with one hand and free end of rope (g) with theother. This compels the horse to lie Fig. 158. Russian Method of Casting With Ropes. Ordinary Double Side Line Ropes. The rope used in casting and securing a horse by the ordi-nary double side line method. Figure 159, should be %-inchin diameter and 60 feet long. It is doubled and at its middlea collar or neck loop (k) (h) is made by tying a simple knot(h). This collar loop is placed around base of neck; the ropesare then passed do\ATiward between the fore legs, then backward(e) (f) to and around—from without inward—each hind pas-tern (a) (b) ; thence under the preceding rope in a crossed 136 KESTEAINT OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS.


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