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THE BREECHING. 



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THE BREECHING. 



THE BREECHING is used chiefly for heavy single-horse ve- 

 hicles. It is composed of two parts : first, the hip-straps which 

 support the seat of the breeching; second, the breeching-seat. 

 The former is about forty-seven inches in length. The 

 width where it splits should be, preferably, too narrow to 

 admit of placing a monogram, crest, etc., upon it. The ends 

 of the hip-strap terminate in points which fit into the buckles 

 attached to tug-straps on the breeching-seat. These tug- 

 straps are about six inches long. The breeching-seat is 

 made of heavy lined leather and measures about forty inches 

 in length and one and three-quarters inches in width. At 



