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which serve to buckle in the snaffle-reins, and to 

 prevent their floating about, and the horse entan- 

 gling his legs in them in the longe. Horses should 

 never be worked in hand with any thing in their 

 moutlis but a large, thick, plain running snaffle ; a 

 bridle is too ticklish, and w^ould spoil the horse's 

 mouth, unless it be in the hands of a very able mas- 

 ter indeed ; for, in working in hand, it is next to 

 impossible to be sufficiently gentle and delicate with 

 it. The eyes of the snaffle should be large, and on 

 the head stall, about the height of the horse's eye, 

 should be fixed a ring on each side. The person 

 with the chamhriere holds a long string, about 

 eighteen feet long, (so as to be out of the reach of 

 the horse's heels) which must be smooth, of a proper 

 thickness, and run freely. This string, in the action 

 of the ej)mdf en dedans, or shoulder within to the 

 right, is buckled to the right hand small ring on the 

 pad, where the reins of the running snaffle are first 

 fixed ; from thence it passes through the right eye 

 of the snaffle, and from that to the right hand small 

 ring on the head-stall, and through the large ring 

 on the top of the pad, into the hand of the person 

 who holds the chamhriere ; and who, by means of 

 this string, bends the horse to the right, and brings 

 in his shoulder, following him on his right side, and 

 tightening or loosening the string as he finds it ne- 

 cessary. If the horse's forehand is high and well 

 placed, it will not be necessary to pass the string 

 through the ring upon the head-stall : at the same 

 time another person standing near the horse, the 

 snaffle reins separated, and the right one tied loose 

 on the right side, leads him on with the left rein of 

 the snaffle in his hand, walking near his head, and 

 taking care to keep the shoulders in their proper 

 places, and not to take off" from the bend to the 

 right, which is occasioned by the string in the other 

 pei'son's hand, who will find it most convenient, 

 ^vhen working on this lesson to the right, to hold 



