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TRACE 



CH. XI 



trace is made somewhat small, it will be impossible 

 to get it on over the step iron, which is on top of 

 the outside roller-bolt, and there will be no danger, 

 therefore, of getting the traces on the wrong side 



of the harness. (See Harnessing, Chapter XII.) 

 It will not rattle against the under side of the roller- 

 bolt step as does the metal slide of the loop (A). 

 Public-coach traces frequently have chain ends about 

 20 inches long, which terminate in a ring, by which 

 the chain is looped over the roller-bolt. These 



chains are not as good as the French loops, since, 

 notwithstanding the swivels in them, they frequently 

 take a partial turn and bring the edge of the trace 

 against the horse. 



