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Show SORE SHOULDERS AND NECKS Trouste Found In Many Horses Due Ordinarily to Improper Fitting 'ollars and Hames, (By It. ci. WKATIIKK8TONK.) Sore shoulders and neck In horses are, as a rule, due to an Improper fit In collar orhanies. Occasionally uneven un-even surface or hard lampy areas In the filling may be the cause, or Improper Im-proper care of the horse In early spring before the akin and underlying tiHsues have becont hardened to the collar pressure. Diseased conditions of the foot or limb may causa sore ahoulders from an abnormal gait. A horse's collar should be filled with greater care than a pair of patent leathers on an aggregation of bunions, corns and Ingrown In-grown toe nails. Why? Because the horse has no means of making his pain known to the majority of drivers, driv-ers, wlill the wearer of patent leathers leath-ers can "grin and bear it," condoling himself with the thought that his understanding un-derstanding shows up well even If his fftce does wear a peculiar, puzzling expression. The collar ahould be well made, with a fair amount of springiness on pressure, smooth, even surface, and adapted to the use required; as, for Instance, a heavy collar for heavy draft work, while a lighter one can be used for driving horses. Let It be sufficiently long that the hand may be eaHliy punned beneath the under surface of the neck and wide enough that the fingers can just be panned between the front border and the side of the neck. This rule varies somewhat, of course, in the various types of horses, as some thick-necked horses expand the neck when drawing a load. These will require a slightly wider collar. Let the collar fit snugly over the entire en-tire bearing surface. Having fitted the collar, next comes the fitting of the hames to the collar and the proper prop-er adjustment of the height of the attachment of the tug. |
