A train of dogs is usually beautifully decorated, if the owner is a well-to-do Indian. “Standing-irons” rise from the top of the collar and usually terminate in a ball of wool whilst ribbons of many colours stream out in the wind. Each dog in the picture has the tail of a Silver Fox for his “standing-iron.”
On their backs are “Tapees”—velvet backed with canvas, beautifully decorated with woollen [woolen] floral designs. The driver is usually dressed to match, beaded or silk worked moccasins, ditto gloves or mitts, ditto moose skin coat, a gaudy silk handkerchief around the neck, a whip carved, painted and decorated with wool. Truly a gay ensemble.
Harness is much the same as that of a horse, collar, back a belly bands and traces.
