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'^PUTTING TO'' A SINGLE HORSE. 



is buckled so as to fall a couple of inches under the pad- 

 girth sufficient play will be given. The breeching should be 

 fastened so that it can be drawn three or four inches back 

 from the quarters when the traces are taut. There are sev- 

 eral ways of fastening or " wrapping " the breeching-straps. 

 The method preferred by the writer is as follows : Carry 

 the point of the strap under the trace and shaft, a few inches 

 in front of the leather loop on the shaft, wrap the strap 

 around the shaft, turning the point toward the shaft end 



FIG. 227. 



until sufficient slack has been taken up, then carry the point 

 back and through the loop on the shaft from the outside and 

 thence under the trace to the buckle of the breeching-strap. 

 When the kicking-strap is merely used for ornamental 

 purposes it is placed between the flat portion of the crupper 

 and the crupper-strap under the two end keepers ; but to be 

 effective in preventing a horse from kicking, the strap should 

 be placed over the lower part of the rump near the dock 



