put in harness

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He’s put in harness and becomes the member of a dogsled team hauling mail to prospectors drawn to the frigid fastness of the Yukon in the hunt for the yellow stuff.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2020

I don't exactly like the actions of those horses, Ajax," remarked Mr. Dinsmore, as he came out putting on his gloves; "I did not intend to have them put in harness to-day.

From Elsie Dinsmore by Finley, Martha

You will be put in harness soon, colt, and perhaps you, too, will be sold.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Various

While the courier unpacked his provisions, Mukoki and Wabigoon assembled the teams and proceeded to select three of the best of their own animals to put in harness with those of the Hudson Bay mail.

From The Gold Hunters A Story of Life and Adventure in the Hudson Bay Wilds by Curwood, James Oliver

I tried having him put in harness; the horse backed, and if one gave him a flick with the whip he jibbed, kicked, and positively lay down.

From A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I by Garnett, Constance