Date:  Tue, 2 Jan 1996 09:42:39 CST

From:  Joan Hall <jdhall[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU>

Subject: Re: Frontier Doctors (fwd)



The weight used to keep the horse from straying was called a hitching weight

(with variants hitching ball, hitching block, hitching iron, and hitch

weight). See DARE Vol II for quotes.



Joan Hall