The morning call., 1894-06-17

drawn forward between his ears. if the
forelOck is clipDed This will let the
bride hang down over the animals face.
Take the bit in the left hand, the thumb at
one end, the little finger at the other,
and press it gently against the horses
teeth. Most wel-broken horses will take
1t without demurring, but if the animal
resists press it in at the right side of the
mouth. Once he takes the bit draw it up
from the top, slip it over the ears, which
should be lightly and quickly drawn
through with the left hand.
Be careful and quick about this, for the
horse is very 'touchy" about his ears-any
awkward handling of them is likely to
cause him pain, and he will not take
kindly to having them approached by the
hand. The bride is now on. and nothing
remains but TO buckle the strap under the
throat. This is done on the left side. This
strap, called the throat-atchet. should fit
snugly, but not tightly, as it will be IN
comfortable. If an Overdraw, or overhead
check is used, il should have a separate
bit, and this is not put in the mouth until
the saddle is adjusted and you are ready
to put the check in position. In the mean.
time, the second bit hangs loose on the
nose.
Next the breast-cOlar sh be put on.
Most people slip this over the horses
head, but it is better to unbuckle the
shoulder-strap on the left side. The fewer
things put over horses head the better
the animal is pleased, and the habit of IN
buckling the shOulde=-Strap is a good one
1t does not take long, and it saves a deal
OF time and patience when occasion arises
when it must be unbuckled, in readiusi-
ing, and the unused buckle resists. The
traces are probably wound up, and should
be left so until you are ready to put the
EDrse in the shafts. Next the saddle should
be put on and bucked in place. Then ad-
just the crupper. This should be un-
buckled on the left side and gently put
under the horses tail. 1t is brutal and
unseemly to double that appendsge, as
most horsemen do, and thrust it through
the crupper. That method is a good indi-
cation of the pains lazy people are usually
at to save little work.
1t is twice the trouble and good deal
longer operation than is unbuckling the
crupper strap. Besides the crupper must
In this way be adjusted before the saddle
is 0uckled and this being drawn back on the
loins to permit of the crowding process is
apt to fall TO one side and must be dragged
into place against the fall ofsthe horses hair.
The crupper adjusted the breechng falls
into place all right and the horse is har-
messed.
Now turn him with his back 70 the
vehicle. raise the shafts and if he is well
trained he Will back at a word Efficiently
TO allow you to drop them gently into
position Ii be doesn't do this readily you
Will do better to let the shafts lie and back
slip through the leather guides that hang
from either side of the shafts. Unwind
the traces and attach 10 the singletree.
Every hOrseman has his own notion of
how the holdback should be wrapped.
All their ways are about equally meri-
torious. 7 our best mode of procedure is
to take lesson from one and in time you
will come to lave your own method and
declare it superior to all Others The
process cannot be clearly described on
paper. The breeding should be just tight
enough to give the hind quarters free
play. If you can move il freely when the
horse stands on level it will still be tight
enough to hold back load on any grade
you may attempt.
The breas plate should come just below
the base of the throat in front and just
above the shoulder-j0int. il it is too high
il impedes breathing, if too low it binders
the free action of the shoulders. Learn to
judge for yourself whether this part OF the
harness is rightly adjusted.
The breastplate is In altogether too
common use In this country. 1t is lighter
and more tasteful in appearance than the
neck-c0llar and names, but Ii detracts very
materially from the draught power of the
horse. No horse should be set TO pull
lady's pbaeton from a breastplate. This
vehicle is aDOtOrlOus horse-killer. and only
the fact that the driving of most ladies Is
OF mild and purely ornamental character
prevents 1t from seriously hurting more
horses that it does. II your phaeton is a
low one, of the "park" variety. never go
journey with it, or if YOU do provide your
horse with collar. When this is used it
Is usually put on first in Harvesting. Those
that open at the TOP, fastening with a
buckle and strap. are the best There are
some that are forced, upside down, over
he head and then turned around. They
look neat and are less trouble. but they are
9ot so pleasant to the horse. If the collar
too small it presses on the wind pipe and
iauses great distress-in fact, l have seen