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. 110. Miles Colt Hobbles (Second Position). It will be observed that there is one hobble rope on each hindpastern, and two hobble ropes on off fore leg—one around pas-tern and the other below the knee. The main rope is appliedaround pastern of foreleg (a). It is now passed across throughhobble ring on near fore pastern (b) ; then backward to nearhind (d) ; thence across to off hind (e) and back to hobble ring(c) below near knee.
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. 110. Miles Colt Hobbles (Second Position). It will be observed that there is one hobble rope on each hindpastern, and two hobble ropes on off fore leg—one around pas-tern and the other below the knee. The main rope is appliedaround pastern of foreleg (a). It is now passed across throughhobble ring on near fore pastern (b) ; then backward to nearhind (d) ; thence across to off hind (e) and back to hobble ring(c) below near knee. The object of this arrangement of theropes (two hobbles on near fore leg) is that when traction ismade on free end of main rope (f) the near fore foot is raisedor lifted off the ground. This in itself unbalances an animaland puts it to a decided disadvantage, besides by lifting the nearfore foot the animal will go down on the shoulder of that sideand will in all probability receive an easy fall. The animal. l^^V^^ Fig. 111. Miles Method of Securing a Colt (Third Position). HOBBLES. 99 is cast as illustrated in Figure 110 (second position), and se-cured by taking two or more half hitches with the main ropearound uppermost hind pastern. This is done by an operator stands opposite the assistant and behind the ani-mal and is handed the main rope (g) by the assistant (afterit is fixed about upper hind pastern). The rope is carried overthe loins and under the horse; thence to the lower hind by rolling horse on his back, Figure 111 (third position),and making downward pressure on the hind feet, at the sametime drawing the rope tight by upward pull the hocks are flexedand all four feet brought down close to the abdomen. The Miles method affords us a light, portable, strong, con-venient, safe, and in every respect an efficient and satisfactorymeans of casting and securing the colt or even the horse. Thecolt is held balanced in the dorsal position by an assist
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