[drivingpairs] Re: Roger rings & trees

Thanks Hardy , I know at the clinic Sterling used Roger rings on the
throatlatch and I wondered why they looked backward but now I understand!

Ansley
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From: <Hzlax@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 12:47 PM
Subject: [drivingpairs] Roger rings & trees


> In a message dated 5/19/2003 12:05:39 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > We use the loose, hanging Roger rings, not the rings
> > on the browband.
>
> Let me add to Kathy's as usual great explanations: I see two disadvantages
> with the rings on the browband, which some still use: 1. The reins are
going
> too high with them, above the blinders, disturbing the horses more than if
> they are below the blinders where they are with buckle in hanging Roger
> rings.  2. As there is pull to the INSIDE of any turn from the inside
leader
> rein, the fixed Roger Ring on the browband will pull the browband and with
it
> the blinder off the horse's head / eye to the inside, so the horse can see
> behind and get disturbed if he is high strung.  For the same reason, make
> sure, that when you use the buckle-in hanging Roger Ring, that it's NOT
> buckled into the blinder / browband buckle, but into the throatlash
buckle,
> so the sideway pull does not pull the blinder off the eye, but only pulls
on
> the throatlash.  Also make sure, that it's buckled in from behind into the
> buckle, which first looks upside down and wrong, put if you buckle it in
from
> the front, it will pull the buckle OPEN under tension. So it must come in
> from behind into the buckle, so it pulls the buckle shut under tension.
>
> I don't know any differences between single trees,swingle trees,  whiffle
> trees, whipple trees, or however they may be called, but maybe somebody
else
> does.
> Hardy
>
>
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