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and hind horses. This equalisation was attained in a simple 
and satisfactory manner in the last entry in the class. 
Vipan and Headleij, No. 325 (Fig. 11). They entered with a 
pomel-tree and two whippletrees, similar to but stouter than 
those used in Class IV., the hooks on the whippletrees being re- 
placed by small pulleys with short chains, and the traces from 
the front and the hind horse being attached to the two ends of 
this chain, the draught was equalised without the weight and 
dangerous obstruction of any whippletrees dangling between 
the horses. The chains of the front horses are carried by short 
Fig. 11. — Messrs. Vipan and Headleijs Four-horse Whippletree, 
No. 325. 
chains from the saddles of the rear horses. We gave Messrs. 
Vipan & Headley the prize in this class for their general 
arrangement, but do not specially commend the construction of 
their individual trees. 
The Judges would have liked to subject all the whippletrees 
to a thorough mechanical test; and at first it was hoped that 
the appliances obtainable in the Showyard would be sufficient 
to test them to the breaking strain, but after a careful exami- 
nation. Messrs. Rich and Courtney, our assistant-engineers, re- 
ported that this could not be done satisfactorily on the spot. 
The information already obtained was sufficient to guide us in 
