Horses and riding . d can be used ornot, as the rider finds it necessary or convenient. The first I shall mention only to reject it, andthat is the crupper. Any horse requiring a cruppershould not be used for riding. The second is thebreastplate, which should always be used for hunt-ing, and might as well always be used for riding, asthere would then be less likelihood of its being for-gotten some time when it was required. The breastplate is made of leather, and consistsof a strap passing between the horses fore legs andlooping round the girths, the loop being made totake up or let out by mea
Horses and riding . d can be used ornot, as the rider finds it necessary or convenient. The first I shall mention only to reject it, andthat is the crupper. Any horse requiring a cruppershould not be used for riding. The second is thebreastplate, which should always be used for hunt-ing, and might as well always be used for riding, asthere would then be less likelihood of its being for-gotten some time when it was required. The breastplate is made of leather, and consistsof a strap passing between the horses fore legs andlooping round the girths, the loop being made totake up or let out by means of a buckle and someholes in the strap; the other end terminates in aring at the horses chest; from this ring a leatherloop goes round the horses neck, and from this loop 96 HOESES AND RIDINa. two narrow straps go, one on each side of the horseswithers, to fasten the breastplate to the saddle nearthe pommel. These narrow straps are attached tothe rest of the breastplate by two rings, one on each Fig. 15. Fig.
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