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the riding saddle, and are intended to protect the pannel or 

 lining of the saddle from the sweat of the horse. (See Fig. 

 102.) The objection to saddle-cloths is that they are heating 



FIG. 102. 



and fill up the channel over the backbone, in consequence of 

 both of which faults they render the horse's back liable to sore- 

 ness. The numnah is made of a single thickness of leather 

 shaped the same .as the saddle and extending one or two 

 inches beyond it on all sides. The leather is often perfo- 

 rated with the object of giving a free circulation of air. 

 Saddle-cloths and numnahs are fastened to the saddle by 

 means of a strap which passes around the sweat-flap on each 

 side and is fastened by a buckle. 



SADDLE APPURTENANCES. 



These are usually limited to the hunting horn and case, 

 the spirit flask and case or holster and the sandwich case. 



