CH. XII 



PUTTING-TO 



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The lead-rein must then be seized by the end 

 and passed through the throat-latch ring and pad- 

 terret of the wheeler (the loop of the wheel-rein 

 having been first taken off the pad-terret), and the 

 near side reins thrown across the wheelers' backs 

 to the off side (see page 248). If the lead-rein has 

 been properly laid in the lead horse's terrets (see 

 Plate XXV.), it will pull out freely when drawn by 

 its end. 



The leaders' inside traces may be hooked straight 

 to their respective bars, as shown at A, Fig. 126, or 



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ABC 



Fig. 126. 



they may be crossed, or lapped. When they are 

 crossed, both of the near horse's traces go to the 

 near ends of the lead-bars and the off horse's traces 

 to the off ends, as at B, which equalises the draught 

 of the horses, if one is more free than the other. 

 It cannot be recommended, because it is better to 

 make the horses work evenly by proper bitting and 

 coupling. For the same reason, it is unnecessary 

 to have either a link or a chain between the bars. 

 In lapping, one horse is hooked up straight, — that 



