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BRIDLES AND SADDLES. 



the mouth, and, possibly, in part, on the first back teeth. 

 When a snaffle is smooth and sufficiently large, it fulfils, 

 with all ordinary horses, every condition, from a " work- 

 man's " point of view, required in a perfect bit. If the 

 horse be a hard puller, a severe snaffle may be em- 

 ployed : this, however, is not generally advisable, for 

 the greater number of pullers that would resent, by 



Fig. 17. 



going all the faster, the punishment inflicted by a thin 

 or twisted snaffle, would obey the forcible indication 

 afforded by a smooth large mouthpiece which did not 

 pain them. As a horse is far stronger than his rider, 

 we must rely on easily understood indications rather 

 than on brute force to control him. 



There is a great deal of truth in the old saying that 

 if a horse cannot be held with a snaffle, no other bit will 

 hold him. 



