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the horse's head then changes his position, 

 drives him from behind, and turns him to 

 the right and left. After this he may be 

 pat in a brake with a steady old horse, 

 getting light work, and being rewarded 

 with sugar or carrot, and when his shoul- 

 ders become hard as they will do under 

 this management, he will take very kindly 

 to his harness duties. 



The general principles on which the 

 harness should be fitted can be gathered 

 from the passages on saddling and brid- 

 ling, (pp. 19 & 20) The pad should be behind 

 the play of the shoulder, the crupper should 

 admit the breadth of a hand between it and 

 the hind quarters, a few inches in front of 

 the tail, the collar should fit easily, allowing 

 the hand to pass freely between the lower 

 part of it and the horse's chest, and there 

 should as a rule be no beaijing rein. A 

 well made horse, in good condition, and 

 properly treated, carries his head in a 

 natural position, and is both pained and 

 disfigured by having such an addition to 

 his outfit. The unnatural position pro- 

 duced by the bearing rein, may hide defects, 

 but it is at the expense of the animal's 

 sufferings. 



