CH. XI 



PAD 



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as shown at A in Fig. 105, and also in Fig. 123 ; in 

 public-coach harness it is usually made as at B, 

 where one long strap goes through both the ring of 



Fig. 105 



the pad and the loop on the buckle ; this is usually 

 called the Newmarket tug-bearer, or Newmarket 

 strap. A false belly-band is sewed into the under 

 loop of the buckle, and buckles on the outside ; its 

 purpose is to keep the buckle from jumping up 

 when the horse is moving, but it is of doubtful 

 utility, and its point is apt to catch the whip thong. 



Pad cloths are never used with coaching-harness ; 

 they are proper only with dress-harness. 



Since the lead-rein passes from the ring on the 

 bridle through the pad-terret and then, at a con- 

 siderable angle, up to the coachman's hand, it tends 

 to pull the saddle forward, and to prevent this, the 

 back-strap and the crupper are added. This does 

 not apply to the lead-harness, from which the back- 



