188 THE SADDLE FOR PAIR-HORSE HARNESS, ETC, 



tree, any unevenness will be felt uncomfortably by the occu- 

 pants of the cart. It is customary for the skirt of a single 

 victoria saddle or one for a similar vehicle to be fastened 

 to the pad by a single rivet on each side near the end, the 

 heads of which are left exposed. 



THE SADDLE FOR PAIR-HORSE HARNESS. 



PADS for pair-horse harness (see Fig. 71), besides being 

 much lighter in build than the saddle for single harness, 

 are made with a narrower and longer skirt. The pad is 

 about three inches wide and twenty-one inches long. The 

 skirt is about nine inches long. Two rivet heads are left 

 exposed near the ends on each side. On the flaps at either 

 side just below the skirts metal loops are attached. Into 

 these loops the point-straps of the tugs are sewed. These 

 loops are either crescent shaped, or oval and hinged, in 

 order to give the play which is required by the tug-straps. 



THE HOUSINGS. 



HOUSINGS or PAD- HOUSINGS, SADDLE-CLOTHS or SADDLE- 

 LEATHERS, as they are termed according to their various 

 forms, are made of leather or cloth and are placed under 

 the saddle, the general outline of which they follow, but 

 beyond which they extend on the sides. They are made with 

 colored leather, silk cord, or metal chain borders. When- 

 ever housings are used the trimming of the border should 

 match the front or brow-band. The use of housings and 

 silk fronts is only considered appropriate for use with a 

 panel-boot victoria. Housings are not included with the 

 harness but are sold separately. They cost, with the fronts 

 and rosettes, about $25 per pair. 



