148 BITS AIsD BITTING. 



All this tends to show that it requires a considerable 

 deal of judgment, practical knowledge of horses, and 

 perfect understanding of what is required in each 

 especial case, to enable one to undertake the task of 

 selecting and fitting bits with any chance of success ; 

 whereas it is a matter that is most usually intrusted 

 to certain classes of individuals who possess no other 

 qualification than the habit of wearing green baize 

 aprons or nether garments of a very peculiar descrip- 

 tion—viz., saddlers and grooms. 



