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inducement to purchase ; and hence the necessity for care in the servant 

 to whom such perishable property is intrusted. 



OIQ HABMKSS WITH KIOKINO-BTRAP. 



For the gig horse, a set of harness, if embellished with plated orna- 

 ments, is generally charged about thirteen pounds. For a pair of car- 

 riage animals, the harness possessing similar adornments will commonly 

 cost nearly thirty-three pounds. If brass is preferred in the place of 

 plated goods, a slight reduction is the result. Yet even the foregoing 

 figures do not include crests and other fanciful items, which are invariably 

 paid for as extras, since no estimate could possibly embrace articles con- 

 cerning the size, the number, and the elaboration of which the tastes of 

 scarcely two individuals perfectly agree. 



The harness for a brougham is generally more expensive than that 

 sold for the gig. Extra strength is required, and where work and leather 

 are concerned, of course strength represents money. The trappings also 

 should be more showy and more embellished when intended for a serv- 

 ant's use. Most gentlemen prefer the animal they control should be so 

 caparisoned as to attract no attention. This feeling causes the differ- 

 ence in price. Ornamentation, where the horses are to be adorned, of 

 course necessitates expenditure, though the degree in which the last 

 quality shall be exhibited necessarily depends on the taste of the pro- 

 prietor. 



Carriage harness, however, is viewed as the perfection of its particular 

 craft. It is astonishing how nice is the adjustment required, and how 

 perceptible any fault or deficiency becomes to the least observant spec- 



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