Hobbles

["Lysane Cree" <cree_l@LSA.Lan.McGill.CA>]

While on the subject of methods of tying up horses at rides (picket 
lines, etc.) does anyone ever use hobbles? I have never used them so 
i am just curious. Do they work? I seem to remember hearing that some 
horses are not "stopped" from wandering very far and can get used to 
them
and teach themselves to walk away on you to whereever they may 
desire, even with hobbles on. That would not be a could thing I
imagine if the horse hobbled off (maybe that is where that expression 
came from! :) and stirred up trouble somewhere else.
Lysane and Buck