2o6 ANIMAL MANAGEMENT. 



Injuries Produced by the Collar, how they are Caused and 



Remedied. 



Collar Collar iftjuries are caused by friction. — As previously mentioned, 



injuries collar differ from saddle injuries in one essential, viz., one is caused by 



are caused friction, the Other by pressure. If we have to work a horse with a 



y nction. ^^^^ back we must remove the pressure ; if we have to work a horse 



Fig. 39. 



A. The fore-wale. D. Housing strap. 



B. The after-wale beneath which is E. The throat. 



the stuffed body. F. The neck. 



C. The Caps. G. The. body side. 



A piece of leather (not seen in the figure) running from the fore-wale 

 beneath the after- wale is known as the "barge." 



with a sore shoulder we must stop the friction. There is one well- 

 marked exception to the rule given, and that is the injury caused to 

 the neck in front of the withers ; this is almost invariably a gall, the 

 result of pressure. 

 Position Position of collar itijuries. — Reference to fig. 40 shows the position 



and reme- of injuries produced by the collar ; they are numbered from i to 5. 

 dies of No. I is the gall to which we have just alluded. It is an injury giving 

 h?' ^v' s ^'^^ ^° extreme pain, so much so the animal can only be examined 



