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CART, FARM, AND PIT GEARS; 

 SHOEING AND ROUGHING. 



" As easy as an old shoe." 



HE above adage does not at all times 

 apply to the make or fit of the heavier 

 class of harness ; yet the very fact of 

 the extraordinary weight of leather, 

 wood, straw, and iron that some horses 

 are condemned to carry, independent of 

 the loaded cart or wagoD, is sufficient 

 of itself to suggest that every part of 

 the set of gears, whether sh after or 

 leader, should at least be a perfect and 

 easy fit. 



It will be plain to every considerate mind that the horse 

 should be measured for his suit ; but even this is not sufficient 

 in itself to ensure the comfort of the horse and the security of 

 the team, without proper judgment on the part of the saddler 

 in each particular case, and the discretion of the horse owner 

 as to the make and form he has decided upon having. 



The latter should at all times avoid cheap, low-priced, or 

 auction goods. 



It is, and long has been, the Author's opinion that cart 

 gears are made up far heavier and more lumbersome than 

 is necessary, and he considers the example set by London 

 carriers generally — Pickford's, Sutton's, and Railway Com- 

 panies in particular — a step in the right direction towards 

 bringing about a complete alteration throughout the country, 

 and revolutionize in favour of less weight, not only for the 

 horse's back, but, in fact, all over his body, and in the future 

 it is to be hoped the large housings, savors, and winkers 

 which are, to a certain extent, adhered to b}' the country 

 saddler, as he is termed, will become " a thing of the past.*' 



