332 Of Gelding, Docking, Gf^: 



and fo on to the other fide, to lighten the 

 machine, and hollowed at B G and F. 



Fig. I. 

 Reprefents a horie with his tail in the 

 frame, or machine. A, is a pad, to 

 which is faflened a circingle B. C C, two 

 Tide ftraps, one on each fide of the horfe, 

 faftened to the circingle, to keep the 

 machine from going to either {\^^, D, 

 a breafl plate, to prevent the pad, i£c, 

 flipping back. E, a ftrap fixed to the 

 pad, and buckling to the machine, to 

 keep the tail on the (Iretch at plcalure. 

 F, the firing tied on the hair, to confine 

 the tail down to the machine. 



Fig. II. 

 From A to B is 12 inches. From C to 

 D, meafijred with a firing drawn over 

 EF, is 19 inches. From the top of the 

 groove at E to the bottom G, is 3 inches. 

 From E to F, the widefl part of the 

 groove, is 3 inches, gradually narrowing, 

 as a tail lefTens to its extremity. 1 he 

 Tdots about H are holes in the groove, 

 through which a piece of tape or pack- 

 thread mufb be put, according to the 

 length of the dock, and the diftance of 

 the knot, to tie the tail down behind the 

 knot. I I, the buckles, to receive a 



ftrap 



