CHAPTER VI 

 Breaking to Harness 



Draught Horses — Harness Ponies for Children. 



No matter what class of harness work the animal 

 is required for, it is highly desirable — in fact, necessary 

 — to give it a course of " general education " previous 

 to putting it between the shafts. As regards its 

 subsequent training, this must, of course, be in 

 accordance with the nature of the work that it will 

 be required to perform. 



The general education of the animal should be begun 

 in the following manner : Put on a snaffle-bridle, 

 in which the snaffle is a plain unjointed one, covered 

 by india-rubber and provided with a strap to fix below 

 the lower iaw. 



