HEAD COLLARS. 



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underneath the horse's lower jaw, serves as an attachment 

 for the tying-up chain, rack-chain, or leading rein. The 

 under strap is fixed to the lower ring of the nose-band, and its 

 upper end is provided with a loop, through which the throat- 

 latch slides. The throat-latch is generally made round. 



The best head-collars are of leather ; and cheap ones, of 

 webbing. For stable use, leather head- collars are almost 

 always made of brown leather, except the forehead-band, 

 which may be of pipe-clayed buckskin or patent leather, 

 either white or coloured. The use of pipe-clayed buckskin 

 fronts is generally reserved for horse -show purposes, and 



Fig. 38. Manner in which a horse slips his -Head-collar. 



is then as a rule limited to hackneys and cart horses. Patent 

 leather does not wear well, as it is liable to crack. 



It is evident that the ring formed by the crown-piece 

 and the throat-latch is greater when the forehead-band is 



