Hame plates, to be put between the two points of the hames or jambles above the collar, look very well with a strap across from side to side as a fastening.
Cart hames are either wholly or partly covered with iron, and generally take their names from the district in which the particular pattern is mostly used. Thus there are the Manchester, Lancashire, Irish, and Yorkshire hames. Cart bits, together with their fittings, are always firmly attached to the bridle, and are made either of tinned or japanned iron. They may be straight and jointed, or twisted.
Fig. 177.
Fig. 178.
Fig. 179.
Fig. 177.—Hame Clip. Figs. 178 and 179.—Breeching Dees.
Chains, such as backband, crupper, or hip strap chains, and watering chains for bridle reins, and plough backband hooks or chains, are all wanted in making up a set. Others necessary are:—Leader backband chains, cheek chains for the end of leading rein, bridgeband chains, and chains for the bellyband, instead of billets, to go round the shafts.