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pressinf^ on the windpipe — a case not unfrequently seen with cart-horses startintj heavy 

 loads. Jkit a collar too large is even more likely to create a sore, or "raw," than one too 

 small. 



" The collar should be so made that, when pulling, the wefght attached to the trace .should 

 be distributed over the whole surface of the shoulders, instead of being concentrated on One 

 point, or, what is quite as bad, rubbing up and down. 





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"A draught on one end of the collar will make it gape away from the Iiorse's neck at 

 the other end, and consequently cause it to grind up or down in a manner which is prettj- 

 sure to establish a raw. 



" The great mistake made hy harness-makers working by rule of thumb is, that e\-cn when 

 their total dimensions are correct, they think too much of producing a s\-mmetrical o\-al figure, 

 and not enough or not at all of the natural lines of a horse's neck and shoulders. The under 

 part of the collar is frequently made narrow, whereas it should be from one inch to one and 

 a half inches wider at its base than anywhere else. A front view of a horse's shoulders in the 

 picture of a pair which illu.strates this chapter .shows what the sliapc of the collar shouM be, 

 and that it should never come lower than tlic dotted /inc. 



"When fitting a collar, it is not enough to adjust i*- to the horse's neck and shoulders 



