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COLLAR 



CH. XI 



Collars are either straight, that is, so made that 

 when laid upon a table, face down, they will touch 

 the table at all points (Fig. 94), or bent back (Fig. 

 95). The latter shows off the horse's neck much 



better, giving it more apparent 

 lenorth, and collars for drae-har- 

 ness are usually thus made. Since 

 the metal hames must fit the col- 

 lar closely, they must be also bent 

 back, and if there is any difference 

 in the degree of bending, they will 

 not tit. For this reason public- 

 coach collars are usually made 

 straight, since any straight hames 

 will fit any straight collar, pro- 

 vided there is not too much dif- 

 Some coachmen think that straight 

 collars are less apt to rub the neck. 



The hames rest in the groove formed by the roll 

 which makes the front of the collar, and when this 

 groove shows also on the inside, or neck side, of the 

 collar, the collar is called a 'rim collar.' Sometimes 

 the groove does not show on the neck side, the 

 lining- being carried round smoothly from back to 

 front. Such collars are called ' Kay collars,' from 

 the name of the inventor, and, being neater looking 

 than rim collars, are well adapted to drag-harness. 

 In drag-harness, the outside of the collar is always 

 made of patent leather ; in public-coach harness, it is 

 frequently of plain, black leather, and sometimes of 



Fig. 94. Fig. 95 

 ference in size. 



