CHAPTER XVIII. 



BITTING, THE BEARING-REIN, PREPARING THE HORSE FOR SADDLE 

 OR HARNESS, SADDLING, HARNESSING, PUTTING ON LIVERY, 

 "PUTTING TO," POSITION ON THE BOX, GROOM'S DUTIES, 

 THE USE OF A CARRIAGE, DISTANCE, UNSADDLING, UNHAR- 

 NESSING, CARE OF HORSES, CARRIAGES, STEELS, HARNESS, 



SADDLES, WHIPS, LIVERY AND ROBES. 



WE have now 

 come to the de- 

 tails, which, if 

 not the most in- 

 teresting, are 

 certainly indis- 

 pensable factors 

 in determining 

 to what degree 

 an equipage is 

 turned out in a 

 workmanlike 

 manner. The 

 horse and car- 

 riage may be 

 respectively of good quality and design, the harness and 

 livery of excellent material and cut, and the servant well 

 built and of good appearance ; but unless the parts of the 

 epuipage are in perfect condition, and unless the coachman 

 has the proper appreciation of correctness and neatness in 



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