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Breaking shafts, as per dimensions heretofore 

 mentioned, are a very good thing to have if you 

 have no breaking cart. Your blacksmith can 

 make them for you, or you can obtain them by 

 freight or express by sending $7.00, express or 

 post office money order or bank draft, to Prof. F. 

 J. Hagerling, Belleville, 111. 



These shafts can be used in your buggy and 

 answer the purpose of a long shaft cart. If you 

 have your blacksmith do the work have him make 

 the shafts extra long to protect yourself from be- 

 ing kicked. They should be made of the best 

 hickory. One pair of these shafts, if well takei] 

 care of, should last twice as long as a breaking- 

 cart. They can be preserved by giving them a 

 couple of coats of linseed oil. 



The Breaking Harness or Surcingle. 



Any harness-maker can make this training 

 harness by following the description below. It 

 is used by horsemen generally: 



Cut left side or billet end 3 inches wide and 

 34 inches long, including billet. A small ring for 

 turnback is sewed on top of the surcingle with a 

 snap forward to take the check rein. 



Two and one-half inches from center attach 

 a 1 3-4 inch ring to answer as terret. 



Six inches from center attach a 1 1-4 inch 

 ring to fasten shaft tug strap. The shaft tug 

 should have a snap on the end so it can be snapp- 

 ed to the ring when the animal is to be hitched to 

 buggy or cart. The ring here mentioned hangs 

 downward. 



Eighteen inches from center of surcingle 

 attach a 1 3-4 inch ring, terret fashion. This ring 

 is used to pass one of the safety driving ropes or 

 lines through. The last 12 inches of this side of 



