Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery . red, as for castra-tion, to bring the uppermost hind foot forward, so as, for instance,to expose the testicles, a loop of soft rope or webbing should heplaced over that leg just above the fetlock (Fig. 163). The freeCDd sJiould be placed over the withers, underneath the base of theneck, and should be brought over the loop, and underneath andround the gaskin (just above the hock) of the uppermost hind should then be brought across the belly of the horse, in anobliquely forward direction, and should be held by an
Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery . red, as for castra-tion, to bring the uppermost hind foot forward, so as, for instance,to expose the testicles, a loop of soft rope or webbing should heplaced over that leg just above the fetlock (Fig. 163). The freeCDd sJiould be placed over the withers, underneath the base of theneck, and should be brought over the loop, and underneath andround the gaskin (just above the hock) of the uppermost hind should then be brought across the belly of the horse, in anobliquely forward direction, and should be held by an assistant should catch hold of this rope (so as to be ableto pull on it) as it comes up from underneath the base of the neck. Before the horse is cast, his eyes should be covered with someconvenient cloth, or with leather eye guards made for the the moment of throwing him, an assistant should stand at his CASTING. 645 head to steady it. When the horse is on the ground an assistantshould hold his head down, and should keep his muzzle well for-. t Fig. 159.—Special hobbles for casting.
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