30 HORSE PACKING 



To fasten Sohre-jalma or Aparejo Cover. — Punch two 

 holes at each end of the aparejo and in the center 

 (they will come just over the back bone of the animal) 

 and fasten a short thong in eacji. Punch two holes 

 in corresponding positions in the aparejo cover or 

 sobre-jalma. Lash the sobre-jalma in place with the 

 thongs. 



The aparejo is now ready for use. 



Adjusting the Aparejo. — This can only be done ap- 



The Sobre-jalma 

 proximately at the time of the first saddling. An ani- 

 mal should be fitted with its aparejo and worked in it, 

 such changes being made in its padding as are appar- 

 ently demanded so that it will the better conform to 

 the shape of the animal, and such as are needed from 

 time to time by the development of bunches, (See 

 Care of the Pack Animal, Bunches and Swellings.) 



Sore Docks or Tails. — Should the crupper cut the 

 animal's tail or dock it is an indication that the apar- 

 ejo does not fit properly; that there is too much filling 

 in the boots to the rear. If the boots at the rear are 

 too thickly filled, or the aparejo generally too heavily 

 padded at the rear, it cannot grip the animal's body 

 properly so as to prevent a too great forward motion 

 in travel that the crupper against the dock and chafes 

 it into a sore. 



An aparejo should never be less than 24 inches wide 

 in order that there may be a sufficient bearing surface 

 on the body of the animal to hold it properly in place. 

 With too small a bearing surface the aparejo works 



