Field artilleryman's guide; . The martingale is fastened by its cincha strap to the neckyoke. The length of this fastening should be such as to per-mit the D ring and D ring safe on the martingale to be wellthru the standing loop on the cincha, thus avoiding catch-ing and interfering with the latter when the horse is set intothe breeching. The martingale must be kept smooth and softor it will chafe the inner sides of the legs and rub the breast straps should support the pole in a horizontal 150 FIELD ARTILLERYMANS GUIDE position. If the pole is too low, the effort of supporting it i
Field artilleryman's guide; . The martingale is fastened by its cincha strap to the neckyoke. The length of this fastening should be such as to per-mit the D ring and D ring safe on the martingale to be wellthru the standing loop on the cincha, thus avoiding catch-ing and interfering with the latter when the horse is set intothe breeching. The martingale must be kept smooth and softor it will chafe the inner sides of the legs and rub the breast straps should support the pole in a horizontal 150 FIELD ARTILLERYMANS GUIDE position. If the pole is too low, the effort of supporting it is increased; if too high, the martingale and neck yoke may rub the breast. The loin straps should be adjusted so that the traces, when in draft, will be straight and without downward pull on the trace loops. Otherwise, galls on the back will result. The traces.—The length of the lead and swing traces must depend in a great measure on the size of the horse and his stride. The rule for lead and swing pairs is to allow about i. Off W7ieel Sfamess 3ho<4/inj old model iridic PLATE XV Artilleri/ Jfarness Horse in draft yard from head to point of buttocks when in draft. Thelength of the wheel trace is fixed, but allowance may be madefor difference in the size of the horses by proper adjustment ofthe martingale and side straps. This will allow a minimumdistance of about 14 inches between hind quarters and single-tree for the average wheel horse when in draft. The tracesshould be adjusted by a strap under the belly or one over thesaddle so that their direction shall be as nearly normal to theshoulders as possible to avoid any downward or upward pull HARNESSING 151 on the collar. A downward pull on will tend to gallor injure the neck, while an upward pull on it will tend to makeit rise and choke the horse. The rear trace chains of the lead and swing traces have aring at one end and a hook at the other; the hook is passedthru a D ring at the end of the trace and hooked bac
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