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condemn the use of all overdniw check reins, also check bits of every 

 description. A great many believe that by using an overdraw check 

 rein and elevating their horses' heads in the air that they drive easier 

 and that tliey are guarding against the horse from running away. 

 This is wrong. No horse, in my estimation, looks handsomer, freer 

 and easier than those that are driven with open bridles and no check 

 rein. I would here suggest that every team horse to-day used or heavy 



draft horse, or hack horses, and all animals used by transportation 

 companies, should be worked with open bridles, doing away with the 

 blinders and the check rein. Give the work horse and the driving 

 horse the free use of his head, the same that you wish yourself, not 

 only will they drive better, but last longer, and keep on five per cent, 

 less food. 



A law should be passed prohibiting the use of all overdraw check 

 reins, as it passes directly over the brain of the horse. 



