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over the back, is frequently so short that the strain of draught comes 

 on to the back, while nothing is so common as the breast harness 

 supporting strap being so tight that the strain of draught comes on 

 the neck ! 



Chafes and injuries from breast harness are frequent. With badly- Breast 

 made, narrow, hard, breast collars, lined or unlined, the friction resulting harness 

 from the sawing motion is capable of inflicting great damage. With the ^"J^"^^. 

 present artillery pattern of collars with its large lining of soft leather, 

 there is no trouble whatever. 



To work a horse injured by the ordinary breast harness, the only 

 measure at one's service is to raise or lower the collar so as to get it off 

 the injured spot, but the disadvantage of this proceeding has been dealt 

 with above. 



