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Show GOOD RULES FOR WORKHORSE Harness Should Be Looked After and Many Faults Avolded-Glve Water In Moderate Quantities. Start at u walk, nnd lot your horst jwork very eaol.y ror tho first tali i A heavy draft horse should never I Asm ;rdor thnn a waik- Uok to your harness. Avoid these faults especially: Dridlo too long o too Bhort minders pressing on the (f flaPP'S. (An open brldlo Is tight. collar too tight or too loose, or dirty on tho Inside. Sha?t girth too loose. Traces too long Breeching too low down or too loose, iolJ!. too long, I tho case oi Do not let your horso drive him- or jerk tho rolns; to do that Is the Buro mark of a bad driver ' Try to work with as llttlo backlnc ns Possible Backing a heavy SiS apt o strain tho hind legs. Jnko the horse out of tho shafts as I h. possible; and If you driven8 pair or four, unfasten tho outside ST mh,l th h0rS08 nro "taking thoy will rest hotter that way. leach your horses to go Into tho collar gradually. When a load Is to bo parted, speak to tho horses and take B flrm h0,d Qf tho roorse8 and hoy will arch their nocks, keep their S ua 7oohc,a', and Btep 22' in0. -i J.0080 r-0,n mean8 Bprnwllng "i supping, often with ono horse abend of tho other. 8lbatwUr,h0rBe ns often "8 Pob-s Pob-s bo. Vater In moderate quantities molC h,nI' 8 ,0nB aB h kS Blanket your horso carefully when o stands, especially If ho Is at al" hot Repeated slight chills stiffen and ago a horso before his tlmo |