. Riding and driving. mannered, and properly puttogether pair, that one horse does more workthan the other, or that one horse seems to be infront of the other. This is caused by the forma-tion of the horses, the length of the traces, thecoupling-reins. Traces stretch with wear, andwhen this has become apparent, the shorter tracesshould be used on the inside; if they are on theoutside, it is easy to see that this will put the pullon the collar where it should not be, and gall theshoulders. The lazier or shorter horse should bein shorter traces. As to the coupling-reins, this is,strange to say a
. Riding and driving. mannered, and properly puttogether pair, that one horse does more workthan the other, or that one horse seems to be infront of the other. This is caused by the forma-tion of the horses, the length of the traces, thecoupling-reins. Traces stretch with wear, andwhen this has become apparent, the shorter tracesshould be used on the inside; if they are on theoutside, it is easy to see that this will put the pullon the collar where it should not be, and gall theshoulders. The lazier or shorter horse should bein shorter traces. As to the coupling-reins, this is,strange to say and to see, a part of the harnessthat many drivers of horses never examine, andnever alter, any more than they think of tryingto change the diameter of their wheels. As amatter of fact, the coupling-reins are the key tothe i^roblem of driving a pair or a four com-furtablv. If you will examine a pair of two-horse reins,you will notice that they are just like the two reinsfor one horse — one rein goes on the outside of.
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