[drivingpairs] Yankee Breeching Picture-Draft
- From: kathy robertson <goodhors@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:24:08 -0800 (PST)
Thanks Don,
That was the drawing that I didn't want to use. It
has a spider arrangement on top of the hips, not a
backstrap to harness backpad and includes the trace
carriers already mentioned. Trace carriers do look
like an extra kicking strap. Good setup for Draft or
farm horse work, not what I would want on Marathon.
Also did not show how breeching anchored/attached at
girth/martingale area.
Our Yankee Breeching is just a single long piece of
leather, with short straps on ends to buckle under
girth. We didn't want a lot of pieces, rings, buckles
flapping around horse barrel to snag on stuff. We are
moving faster, needing a clean, tighter harness fit on
CDE horses for hazard clearances, than slower moving,
farming Drafts require. Also cheaper for harness
maker to create breeching strap in pieces, uses up
leftovers, short parts.
Hi Candis,
Could you post what you have? Does picture show the
whole side of horse? With all the straps attached and
in place? I would really like to look at it.
Jonni wrote to me about her single horse breeching,
said she used it on 2 different 4-wheel vehicles. The
vehicles both had independent shafts and needed
wrap-strap girths to hold shafts in place. Her
modified Yankee Breeching was attached as a kicking
strap would be, just above crupper buckles, running
down to each side of the shafts. Pictures sent
showed steel shafts with very low attachment to
vehicle, bent and coming up to shaft loops. This
also made breeching attachment points low and real
forward. Gave a good angle to breeching pushing down
on rump to let horse control vehicle push, with no
chance of losing hind legs.
Her explantions and pictures cleared up my
confusion. CD-L search had not gotten all the
details.
Her vehicles also had brakes, big help to horses.
NOT a setup for driving beginners. Her method is
extremely innovative, you need plenty of experience
with driving, harness systems, angles, different
vehicles, to understand the reasons behind her
method's reasons. Not for a cart or most carriages.
Thanks Don and Candis, I appreciate the efforts!
Kathy Robertson
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