Show i 4 Nt i f i tt EVEN THE LOAD ON h hv i His i ilS 5 Contrivance Enable E Each ch Animal t t- t Draw Proportionately Some time ago a horse four our our- orse c was described and illustrated in your jour our columns Will you give the of the same Single whiffletrees of 01 three horse hors are 28 Inches in length and double trees between the outside pins are 33 inches in length allowing a play of 5 inches between veen the single trees For th the four horse evener a quadruple tree treo should be twice the length of the double tree that is GG 66 In Inches hes In the illustration it is evident evident evi evi- dent ent that the ace b-ace running at right angles to the pole should be of the same lame length as the quadruple tree namely lamely 66 Inches If the proportions are carried out the three braces behind behind be be- hind the long tree form an equilateral triangle and therefore should all be 36 56 inches in length It may be how- how a ver that these proportions would brow the whiffletree too far forward if f so the two diagonal braces running running running run run- ning forward from the cross-brace cross to the should be shortened The brace running forward or ward again from the whiffletrees to the pole should be carried as far ar forward as possible I provided it il does not Interfere with the action of the horse immediately in front of It The quadruple tree tree should not be bolted to the pole but should swing free about the bolt at Its center If it were bolted at the pole and the team on the off side should lag then the pole team would be drawing the whole load and vice vice v versa The pole of the should be carried by the pole team There is no possible way of placing any part ol of the pole load upon the off team without without with with- out unduly burdening the nigh horse of the pole team Under any possible distribution of the load on the neck neck- yoke the nigh horse at the pole team cannot carry less than one half and If either or both of the horses at the right should carry any any part of the load the nigh horse of the pole team would then carry more than halt half of ol the pole load Montreal Montreal Herald |