HARNESSING. 63 



terret-pad when not in use be always placed across a 

 proper saddle -rack, with the britching and crupper 

 suspended therefrom, or let them, at all events, be put 

 somewhere by themselves. 



To ind on Harness. — First, while the horse's head 

 is towards the manger, place the terret-pad loosely 

 across the back — take hold of the tail, and carefully 

 turn down the hair over the end of the flesh; thus 

 grasping and holding the tail and its hair together in 

 the left hand, with the right draw the crupper-dock 

 over it, and adjust the latter to its place at the root 

 of the tail, being careful not to leave a single loose 

 hair under it. Then arrange your terret-pad in the 

 place where it should work by shortening or length- 

 ening the crujDper-strap ; which done, tighten the belly- 

 band."^ 



Now turn the horse in his stall, and, your collar and 

 hames having been hung up close at hand, slip the 

 wide end of the former hy itself over the head. 



Leave the collar so on the narrow part of the neck 

 till you place your hames within the collar-rim, and 

 fasten them thereto by buckling the top strap over the 

 narrow part or top of the collar : now turn the collar 

 and hames round on the neck in the direction of the 

 side over which the mane hangs. 



Put on the bridle and attach driving-reins, tempo- 

 rarily doubling their hand-piece through the terrets. 

 Fasten the horse thus harnessed to the pillar-reins till 

 you are ready to " put to." 



To take off Harness, begin by removing the reins and 



* When a hame martingal strap is used, the pad belly-band 

 should not be finally buckled until it has been passed through the 

 other. 



