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 . The double side line casting ropes of Over, Figure 157, con-sist of two %-inch ropes. One rope is 20 feet long, the otherone 25 feet long, and two hobble straps. Double the longerrope and at its middle make a loop to fit around base of neck,the knot being on the off side and loop near the withers (a).Pass the free end of the rope (e) through hobble strap ring onoff hind, then upward (a) through the collar loop (b); thenover the back
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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 . The double side line casting ropes of Over, Figure 157, con-sist of two %-inch ropes. One rope is 20 feet long, the otherone 25 feet long, and two hobble straps. Double the longerrope and at its middle make a loop to fit around base of neck, the knot being on the off side and loop near the withers (a).Pass the free end of the rope (e) through hobble strap ring onoff hind, then upward (a) through the collar loop (b); thenover the back where it is handed to an assistant (c). Attachthe other rope by a loop around the near fore pastern (g) ; thenpass its free end backward to and through hobble strap ringon near hind pastern (f). The rope should now be crossedover and brought outside the animals off fore leg and thereheld by an assistant (h). This assistant should stand some-what in front of the horse and to the off side. To cast theanimal the assistant in front makes traction on rope (h) ; thislifts the near hind foot off the ground and draws it forward 134 EESTEAINT OF DOMESTIC AlflMALS.. Fig. 157. Overs Double Side Line Casting Ropes Applied. and causes the horse to drop down on his near hind quarterand finally to the ground. The horse is secured after castingby placing a hobble strap on off fore pastern. The rope whichhas already been passed from near fore to near hind is nowpassed through hobble strap ring on off fore. By tighteningthis rope the two fore feet and near hind foot are broughttogether. In this position they are secured by two or more halfhitches around one of the pasterns. Thp other rope is tight-ened until the off hind foot is pulled down near the abdomen.It is then and there fixed by tying to collar. Bussian Method of Casting with Hopes. The Russian method of casting with ropes, Figure 158, issimilar in many respects to that of Kohard, Figure 150. It(Russian) consists of a %-inch rope 25 feet