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. 160. Ordinary Double Side Line Ropes—;Horse Cast and Secured. CASTIITQ- AWD SBOUEING HAKSTESS AND EOPES. 137 rings. Cast in the ordinary manner. Alter casting the animalcan he secured by tightening main ropes until hind feet aredrawn well forward and down close to the abdomen, Figure160. The ropes are now fixed by taking two or more halfhitches around the hind pasterns; then pass-ropes over loinsand under back and fix by half hi
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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. 160. Ordinary Double Side Line Ropes—;Horse Cast and Secured. CASTIITQ- AWD SBOUEING HAKSTESS AND EOPES. 137 rings. Cast in the ordinary manner. Alter casting the animalcan he secured by tightening main ropes until hind feet aredrawn well forward and down close to the abdomen, Figure160. The ropes are now fixed by taking two or more halfhitches around the hind pasterns; then pass-ropes over loinsand under back and fix by half hitches over hind pasterns. Miles Bope Method of Casting and Securing Bidglings(Cryptorchids.) The rope method of casting and securing horses, as designedand used by Farmer Miles in his Eidgling castration opera-tions, Figure 161, consists of a cotton rope % inches indiameter and 66 feet long. The rope is doubled and at itsmiddle a collar or neck loop is made by tying a knot in therope. This rope plays no part in casting the horse; it is simply. Fig 161. Miles Rope Method of Casting and Securing a Ridgilng.(First Position.) 138 EESTEAIlTT OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. for restraint after casting. The casting is done with Milesrope hobbles, Figures 86 and 109. To cast and secure a horseby Miles method a suitable place is selected. The Miles twitch,Figure 5, is applied and tied up to side of halter, Figure 6.The 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