330 Harnessing the Colt 



straight to the front without turning their heads 

 outward. It often happens, especially in the coun- 

 try, that the roads are not well broken, the worn track 

 narrow, and if spread too wide the horses must turn 

 their heads outward in order to travel in the worn 

 track. On the other hand, we sometimes meet the 

 other extreme : the horses are checked too short 

 and must turn their heads inward in order to travel 

 in the worn track. 



Multiple hitch. — Occasionally we desire to hitch 

 three or more horses abreast, and the arrangement 

 of the lines becomes important. While there are 

 many ways of arranging the lines in a four-horse 

 hitch, the following is as simple and effective as any: 

 Use a pair of common check lines and attach to the 

 outside horses just as if hitching two horses ; that 

 is, snap the spread line in the ring in the bit next 

 to the outside horse, on either side. Secure three 

 straps about eighteen inches long. Make them so 

 they can be adjusted to any length with a buckle 

 and have a snap in each end. Snap one end in the 

 right side ring of the outside near horse's bridle and 

 the other end in the left side ring of the horse next 

 to him. Snap all four bits together in like manner. 

 This makes a very neat arrangement and has the 

 advantage that it works equally well with three, 

 four, five, or as many horses as we choose to work 

 abreast. 



