The horse in the stable and the field : his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc. . BREECHEN AND KICKING-STRAP UNITED. BREAST-STRAP. too far forward. If the amateur will look at a breaksmans arrangement hewill find a loop of leather attached to the crupper and tugs much furtherback on the shafts than those intended for breechen-straps. The breechen is sometimes made in the form shown in the illustration,combining it with the kicking-strap, which is intended to keep down thecroup, when the horse attempts to indulge in that dangerous vice. Thekicking-strap is mad
The horse in the stable and the field : his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc. . BREECHEN AND KICKING-STRAP UNITED. BREAST-STRAP. too far forward. If the amateur will look at a breaksmans arrangement hewill find a loop of leather attached to the crupper and tugs much furtherback on the shafts than those intended for breechen-straps. The breechen is sometimes made in the form shown in the illustration,combining it with the kicking-strap, which is intended to keep down thecroup, when the horse attempts to indulge in that dangerous vice. Thekicking-strap is made to pass over the hips, and buckles to a loop or tugwhich encircles each shaft. To this is suspended by another buckle at (o),which can be taken up or let down at will, a bieechen on the ordinary plan,but it must be made of stout leather, or it will not be stiff enough tosupport itself. In the drawing part a breast-strap is sometimes substituted for thecollar, its shape being shown in the above engraving at (h). It is merelya broad padded strap to which the traces are buckled, and it is supportedby a withers s
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