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else. Fig. 18 shows a front view of a horse's shoul- 

 ders, and as the collar need never come much lower 

 down than the dotted 

 line 1 1, is is very evident 

 what its shape should 

 be, both internally and 

 externally. The rim, 

 when in process of con- 

 struction, naturally takes 

 a different and more regu- 

 larly oval shape, which 

 is probably the reason 

 why failures are so fre- 

 quent ; much can, how- 

 ever, be modified in the 

 stuffing. "Magenta" gives 

 at p. 60 of the ' Handy 

 Horse-Book', a very good 

 model, and places a good 

 reinforcement of stuff- 

 ing just opposite to the 

 place where, according to 

 our ideas, the trace should 

 be attached. We wind up this part of our subject 

 with the advice, when fitting a collar, not to content 

 one's self with adjusting it to the horse's neck and 

 shoulders when standing. The horse should be put into 

 action ; if actually in draught, .so much the better, 

 because the shape and dimensions of the neck and 

 shoulders are wonderfully altered in some horses when 

 they come to trot or even walk, especially high-crested 

 animals. A collar that appeared quite long enough 

 for a horse when standing at ease, will frequently 



Fig. 18. 



