First Team Outing!

[Nanno]

Hihobaron is right--the straps that run diagonally are to hold the breastcollar up and transfer weight to the saddle when pulling as a team. A normal single harness doesn't have this strap. This harness has been converted from a team set-up to a single hitch. Normally the neck strap is a single piece that forks near the bottom to hold the breastcollar up in two places (yours is probably like this). But when using a team pole, the yoke and pole drag the front of the breastcollar down from their proper position, so you need a strap to hold the front of the breastcollar in place. I also added a piece that runs from the top of the neck strap and hooks to the check hook on the top of the saddle so that when the breastcollar is pulled forward by the yoke when stopping, the weight shifts to the saddle instead of falling on the narrow neck strap.