Field artilleryman's guide; . 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 coll
Field artilleryman's guide; . 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 backinto any desired link. By this means the length of the leadand swing traces may be adjusted, Care must be exercised. Off Zead J^irn ess. Showing near moist JbridtcPLATE XV that the traces belonging to any one horse are of even coupling rein should be so adjusted as to permit the offhorse properly to maintain his trace and yet to hold him to hisplace in the team. THE ARTILLERY HARNESS [Plate The component parts of the artillery harness are given in thetable below. Plate XV shows the harness for the off-wheel andoff-lead horses. The nomenclature corresponding to the num-bers on the plate will be found in the table, 152 FIELD ARTILLERYMANS GUIDE #*:V-; $ tfr _~J&~- .H^ Jfc kliHiliiiu^ j? 1 La - >?: * ... r ^ . P^^s^-ji ^Ukm stiiitii^^B^ •v_ -. A-,.v. ? W
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