THE "DIAMOND HITCH."

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19666, 9 July 1929, Page 13

THE "DIAMOND HITCH."

10 IBS Eti'i'oa Of Tflt PHE»3. Cj- —Perhaps the following ruay bc jJ, assistance to the j.^on. «u----aoirioK regarding the above utadmg. £V tinw ap o Messrs Wriirht, Swand &>• in their W»!> "tarm cave an illustrated "diamond hitch. Ir. can be )Ld on « horse without a saddle hut l>« taken to pack goods that wil) not Civo tho horso a sore j' jC • Tcb thincs a* boxes and hard material .Inot suitable for parking this way. T havo I.* ii considerable experience In back country packing on horses, over *£JL trails- Onco T packed two bundles •T.fcorse with a kußtli of j-inch rope, *7 f o Hoirs:—ln one end of the rope Slit n small loop. About one or two *L+ 'from that pnt two half hitches round ono bundle and then two more half hltfha* round the other bundle, •akin- care that the bundles are roped tdpr tiishfc topefher in th* process so that the (vnnoctine rmw will not come on to tho horn's back. Vlro© on thfi back of a horse a bundle on each lids and crintinite the lone; lenpth of rope round the airth and rope tightly to the loon on the other end. TTii* met hod is rather crude, but wi'l fiij efficient over a short distance. Tntstins? this will bo of use. —"V onrs, ete "' HACK COT'NTRY. Jalr Oth,