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twisted, so as to make it lie flat) is at least two inches too long 

 for an ordinary horse ; and consequently, when the chain 

 is in use, there is at each side a superfluous length of chain, 

 the removal of which would greatly add to the neat appear- 



Fig. 98. Curb Chain with Hooks. 



ance of the bridle. As broken horses which are ridden in a 

 curb bridle, require, in the vast majority of cases, only one 

 respective length of curb-chain, it is, as a great rule, advisable 



Fig. ioo. Patent "Circle Curb Hook." 



that when such an animal has a bridle reserved for his own 

 particular use, the curb-chain should be of the exact length 

 required, and without any extra links. It will then look 

 better than a long curb-chain, and in putting it on, there will 



