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of education : Drive them together daily in a brake, 

 changing the sides on which each of the horses is 

 harnessed on alternate days, that in this way they 

 will learn to drive equally well on the near and off 

 sides of the pole. Horses refuse to go forward 

 or go indifferently, when you change them from one 

 side of the pole to the other. This, however, is merely 

 the result of being constantly driven upon the same 

 side. 



In purchasing horses for double harness, it is well 

 to be on your guard, for it is common custom amongst 

 job masters, when disposing of a pair, to sell one 

 " good " horse and one of an indifferent class. This is 

 frequently the explanation of the faults I have referred 

 to when discussing harmony of action in pairs. 



Peculiarities of action, such as " paddling " with 

 the fore limbs, or (a fault so frequently seen in cart 

 horses), crossing one fore leg over the other, " screw- 

 ing " a hind leg, and so on, cannot be corrected by 

 any breaksman, and animals subject to any of these 

 faults should never be selected for use in double 

 harness, however serviceable they may be in single. 

 Strictly speaking, horses of this kind have defective 

 action predisposing them to injury. 



