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Title: Williams' new system of handling and educating the horse : together with diseases and their treatment
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Williams, C. H. C
Subjects: Horses Horses Horses
Publisher: Claremont, N.H. : Claremont Manufacturing Co.
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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s he would,be to place the broken horse on the off side.Again : should an accident occur, to cause you to jumpfrom your wagon, it would be more natural for you tojump to the near side, and in stopping your team it is morenatural to get out on the near side. The harness being onboth horses, you will now proceed to hitch them to wagon.In doing this it will be necessary to have some one to assistyou; let your assistant lead the broken horse to the near sideof the pole; next place your colt at the off side; let the per-son helping you, hold the colt by the head while you arebuckling the reins, hitching the tugs, and placing the web-bing, or long line, to the ankle of the left forward foot.Perhaps it would be better to buckle a short strap aroundthe pastern, with ring attached, to guard against chafing.To be more fully understood, we will explain how it ismade : take a soft leather strap, one inch and a half wide,and ten inches long, with the inside edges shaved thin; ILLUSTRATED GUIDE. 31
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32 THE HORSE OWNERs 9 then take a strip of firm leather, fifteen inches long and oneinch wide; on one end place a buckle and loop, with a lapof two inches on the under side ; in the other end punchholes for the buckle tongue, place the inch strap on theoutside of the wide strap, in the center, with one end ex-tending one inch beyond the buckle ; then stitch the twotogether, commencing at the buckle, and stitching two in-ches, having the loop pretty close to the buckle, then slipa one and a half inch ring over the outer strap, close up tothe stitching: then proceed with the stitching and closeup. This finishes the strap which is to buckle around theankle of the forward foot. A strap, or webbing, fifteen feetin lens^th, is buckled or tied into the rino- and carried backbetween the girth and body of the colt, and back into thewagon, holding it with the lines in your hands. See Fig.7. All is now ready ; start up slowly, stopping occasionally,while on a walk, pronouncing the word whoa, at

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