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and the first consideration respecting them is the quality 

 of the iron of which they are made. Harness hames are made 

 of iron, body and draft, v/hether they be plated with silver, or 

 brass, or covered with leather. The best brand of iron known 

 to the trade for either hames or horse-shoes, is that manu- 

 factured by Messrs. Benjamin Bunch and Sons, StajQPordshire 

 Iron Works. The Author has several specimens of hames 

 made of this iron on view at his establishment, both finished 

 and unfinished, bent and twisted into every possible shape ; 

 one hame is actually tied into a knot, but neither split, crack, 

 or flaw appears, and the draft remains intact, and as sound 

 and tough as the best part of the hame. The most peculiar, 

 if not wonderful, fact in connection with this hame draft is, 

 that it is neither welded on to the bodj^ of the hame, nor is it 

 drawn out from the solid iron. These hames are warranted to 

 stand the roughest wear and tear for two years, and the secret 

 of the invention and their construction is only known to the 

 manufacturer* of the specimen s above referred to. These hames 

 are known as the " Gough " hame, being so called by the in- 

 ventor out of compliment to the Author of '' Centaur," in 

 whom the sole right of supplying them is vested. 



It is a saying that " Horses necks vary like Human 

 faces,'^ and it is well-known that the collar is the most 

 important part of the whole harness, as regards comfort 

 to the horse, whether it be used with Four-in-hand, Pair- 

 horse, Tandem, Gig, Dog-Cart, Phaeton, Trap, Buggy, Stage, 

 Waggon, Dray, Cart, Pit, or Plough harness ; and the whole 

 of the before-mentioned and following remarks and comments 

 are applicable in either case. The form of the collar should 

 be carefully studied by the saddler for each particular 

 animal. Some horses require a very narrow collar, which 

 must be made so, and not adapted ; some are wide at the 

 bottom and straight at the top, others the reverse. Collars 

 have been manufactured by the Author, and are still in 

 wear, absolutely odd-sided, and no other form would answer 

 for that particular horse a single journey ; but most collars 

 more or less require to be full in the draught, and made 

 perfectly true. Some horses, on account of their extreme 

 width across the head, or eyes, require an open-topped 

 collar, which is never advisable when it can in any way bo 



* The inventor and maker of this hame is John Warrallo, the manufacturer of 

 the Prize hame for the London Exhibition 1862, which hame is likewise on view 

 at the Author's cstabhshment, exhibited by the present owner, Mr. T. Venables, 

 Coach and Gig Harness Furnituro Manufacturer, Bradford Works, Walsall, 

 successor to tho lato Thomas Harvey, for whom this champion hama was 

 originally made. 



