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left to right, and back again through the martingal 

 ring (from front to rear), from whence it goes to the 

 rider's right hand. It is evident that a pull on this 

 running-rein will act directly on the mouthpiece, draw- 

 ing it back and somewhat downwards towards the 

 horse's breast-bone ; the great value of the whole ar- 

 rangement being, that by taking the running-rein and 

 right snaffle-rein into the right hand, and the other 

 snaffle -rein into the left ditto, we can place the horse's 

 head in any position we desire, and get a pull on the 

 horse's mouth either horizontally upwards or downwards 

 as. may seem expedient.* 



The training-halter offers no obstacle to the employ- 

 ment of this running-rein ; indeed they may be very 

 advantageously used in combination, and afford a most 

 perfect command over the horse's head without the 

 slightest approach to violence, and by slackening the 

 end of the running-rein held in the right hand, its 

 action may be at once put an end to, unlike all other 

 contrivances of this nature, which are too apt to get 

 hitched, t 



The use of Seeger's running-rein for race-horses is 

 perfectly unobjectionable. It gives the rider an im- 

 mense power over his horse, which may be used mo- 

 mentarily, to check an attempt to bolt, for instance, 

 and immediately relaxed, or it may be kept constantly 

 in moderate action for instance, with a horse inclined 

 to throw up his head too high and all this without in- 



* The advantage as compared with other running-reins is, that the 

 position of the horse's head depends on the length of rein grasped, 

 and not on the force applied. 



t Mr Childs, saddler, St Mary's, High Street, Bedford, has pat- 

 terns of the training-halter and the running-reins. 



