. Riding and driving for women . and for country driving. The correct appointments for a womans trap inthe show ring are given in a separate chapter, page245. For other occasions the buckles, etc., may beeither square or round, according to the owners buckles are more appropriate for formaloccasions and perhaps for four-wheel traps; roundbuckles are rather for carts and sporting should be as little metal about the harness aspracticable, and the ornaments should be confinedto crests, engravings, or initials, which should be smalland inconspicuous and placed only on t
. Riding and driving for women . and for country driving. The correct appointments for a womans trap inthe show ring are given in a separate chapter, page245. For other occasions the buckles, etc., may beeither square or round, according to the owners buckles are more appropriate for formaloccasions and perhaps for four-wheel traps; roundbuckles are rather for carts and sporting should be as little metal about the harness aspracticable, and the ornaments should be confinedto crests, engravings, or initials, which should be smalland inconspicuous and placed only on the winkers,rosettes, face pieces, standing martingale, and may be used for heavy traps, but arenot suitable for light traps such as runabouts orfor carts. They sometimes make a nervous horsekick, and in such cases they should, of course, be 273 RIDING AND DRIVING FOR WOMEN dispensed with. Kicking straps, as I have saidelsewhere, should generally be used for a kickinghorse both with four-wheel traps and with Single Phaeton Harness May be used with runabout, when breeching need not be used, and Dutchcollar may be used instead of Kay collar The harness should be made of the best qualityof leather and hand sewn, and should always bekept soft and pliable, and never allowed to becomehard or mildewed. Russet harness is perfectly correct for informal 274 HARNESS country driving and with runabouts or any kindof light country trap, whether two or four wheeled,particularly with traps finished in natural wood. For all heavy traps, whether four or two wheeled,collars and harness should be used, and it is essen-tial that the collar should fit the horse. In fact, itis most important that each horse in the stableshould have his own collar, which should be care-fully fitted to him by a competent come in standard sizes, varying from 19to 22 inches, and are made to fit by altering thestuffing. The Kay collar is the type generally used. The weight of th
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