The breast harness is held up by straps which pass through the same pads as the yoke straps.
These latter are fixed near the middle of the yoke, and pass through pads on the horses’ withers to short buckling pieces attached near the outer ends of the bar.
|Makers of Cape harness.| Messrs. Atkinson and Philipson of Newcastle-on-Tyne make a speciality of this kind of harness.
A dog-cart can be adapted for the Cape-cart draught in exactly the same manner as previously described for curricle; the pole, however, should be rather longer.
Advocates of the Cape-cart claim the following advantages for it over the Curricle: that specially constructed heavy pads are not required, and that should one horse fall, there is very slight chance of his bringing down the other with him.
These two styles of draught are much used abroad, the latter in India, where it is known as “Tonga,” the former in South Africa, whence it derives its name. As far as utility goes there appears to be little between them.
FIG. 14.—SPRINGING A HILL.