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page. The advantage of this bit for a bad kicker 

 is this : just as soon as he attempts to raise his quar- 

 ters, the rings attached to the crotch and fast at each, 

 end of the chain bit, cause the rubbers to give, bringing 

 the chains in opposite directions through the mouth, 

 which is very painful to the horse, at the same time 

 throwing his head violently into the air. One day's 

 driving with that will subdue the worst of kickers. 



A word for hitching in double harness, and I am 

 done. Driving in double harness, the attachment is 

 just as handy, safe and effectual, as driving your 

 horse between the shafts. To illustrate, say your 

 kicker is the near side horse of the team ; your 

 evener is bolted fast to the pole of your wagon ; the 

 whiffletree on the off side is made fast to the end of 

 the evener. On the near side of the pole the evener 

 is eighteen inches longer than off side ; consequently 

 the whiffletree is made fast to the evener on the near 

 side, eighteen inches from the end. Now you see 

 tlie straps passing through the ring on the top of the 

 jiorse's quarters can be made fast to the evener, and 

 have the same effect as when hitched to a pair of 

 shafts. The strap passing over the left hip is passed 

 through a staple at the end of the long evener, on 

 the near side, and made fast ; the one passing over 

 the right hip is passed through a staple, and made 

 fast next to the pole. So you see at once, the bridle 

 will have the same effect upon a kicker, when driven 

 in double harness, as when driven in single, and 

 between the shafts. 



