56 BITS AND BRIDLE GEAR. 



reins should of course be furnished with buckles. I find that 

 when the reins are of equal width, they feel more pleasant in 

 the hands than when they are of different sizes. If the reins 

 are held according to a uniform method, there will not be 



Fig. 72. Mr. Langham-Reed's Head-Stall. 



the slightest possibility of the rider becoming confused as 

 to their respective identity. 



The only advantage, apart from appearance, of having the 

 reins sewn instead of buckled on to the bit, is that it dispenses 

 with the necessity of having stops on the reins which pass 



