CHECKING AND BLINDERS. 



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Fig. 338. 



-The eyes so covered that the horse 

 cannot see. 



as if the eyes had entire freedom. This is just the effect blinds 

 have upon the horse's eyes. 



Now, of late years, 

 in the large cities espe- 

 cially, the fashion has 

 become quite common 

 of making the blinders 

 not only very large, 

 but in the form of a 

 bowl, that is, hollow in 

 the center, and the 

 edges brought forward 

 in saucer shape, car- 

 rying it to such an ex- 

 treme that they really 

 cover up the eyes and 

 prevent the horse from 

 seeing at all, or but 

 very little out of the 

 front corner of the eye ; and harness-makers throughout the 

 country are adopting this plan of forming blinders. They seem 



to think it looks 

 dignified, or is an 

 expression of in- 

 creased style and 

 character to have 

 the blinds come 

 well forward and 

 around the front of 

 the eyes. 



RepresentatiTe 

 Cases.— I made a 

 special effort to 

 obtain the aid of 

 an artist to make 

 photographs of 

 r e p r e s en tati ve 

 cases, so as to have an absolutely correct illustration of a good 

 average of them, but found it so diflficult to secure one to do 

 this that I was compelled to be satisfied with drawings, which, 



Fig, 339. — The fashion in the country. 



