180 ON CLOTHING, ETC. 



punched in each piece. These pieces of leather should be 

 placed one on each side of the broad part of the seat of 

 the trusSj and one on each side in front of the pummel 

 part of it. These pieces meet similar ones which are 

 attached to the saddle, and by the cantle part of the 

 truss being made to fit over this part of the saddle, the 

 truss is perfectly steady if secured with leather laces. 



The weight of this sort of truss varies, as much de- 

 pends on the size of the saddle with which it is to be 

 used. It may be made to weigh from fourteen to twenty- 

 one pounds. 



There are also thigh trusses ; these are for the pur- 

 pose of jockeys making up their weight, when the 

 weights they are going to ride do not run very high. 

 But that these trusses may not inconvenience the 

 jockey, they should not weigh more than six or eight 

 pounds, three or four pounds on each thigh. They 

 are made of the same materials, and upon much the 

 same principles, as those used on the saddles. They 

 should be made to fit round or bend to the front part 

 of the jockey's thighs. If they are well made, and 

 have straps properly attached to them, to go round the 

 thighs and body of the rider, so as to keep each truss 

 secure to the thigh, they are to be preferred to a saddle 

 truss of the same weight, or even to the seat of the 

 saddle being covered with lead ; as the weight, being 

 so carried, is not so dead on the horse's back, as it 

 would be were it placed on the seat of the saddle. 

 There are also body trusses ; they are of the same ma- 

 terials, and made in the form of a double shooting belt. 



