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Show METAL COLLAR FOR A HORSE Meets Much Favor With Horsemen Because It Hardens Flesh and Is Always Cool. It Is a mistake to use a very soft collar on a horse. The collar should be as firm ur It can possibly be made, and If of leather, the surface should be smooth, hard, and tbe collar Itself evenly stuffed with the bent of hair, or other fine resisting material. The man who works hard with bis hands covered with soft gloves, usually finds at the end of a day or two that his kands are soft, and often blistered A horse's flesh Is no different from a man's, in this respect, and whenever Metal Horse Collar. It comes in contact with a hard substance sub-stance it will. In time, become galled, tough and able to resist continued pressure without Injury. Tbe metal horse collar Is In great favor with many horsemen for this reason. They claim that It Is always cool; the draft Is adjusted to the whole neck Instead of pulling most where the tugs are attached, and the horse's shoulders never become galled. |