HORSE EQUIPMENT FOR RANGE WORK 



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load three blankets and ten pounds of grub on such a 

 saddle and tear a horse's back all to pieces inside of three 

 days. It is all in the packer. 



See to it that the saddle sets just where it should; 

 not too far forward where it will dig into the withers, 

 nor too far back so as to eat up the kidneys. See that 



Packing Wood Down a Mountain Side; Six Loads to the Cord. 



the breeching and breast straps are fastened so as to 

 keep the saddle in place and still not choke the animal 

 going up hill or wear the hide all off his hindquarters 

 going down. 



Have it double-rigged, no matter what may be your 

 private opinion of that rig for a riding saddle. See that 

 a fork or knife does not work through the kyaks and 



