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trick on with him again. I never yet met with the horse 

 whose head I could not get up with a twisted snaffle. We 

 all think highest of our own bantlings, and so, perhaps, I 

 may be pardoned for recommending Kerr's model bit, with 

 a twist on the mouthpiece as being, in the opinion of the 

 inventor, well adapted for getting a determined kicker's head 



WELL STOPPED I 



up. For such unruly brutes I attach smaller rings to the 

 butt of the mouthpiece inside the large rings to which the 

 bridle and reins are stitched. Through these smaller rings 

 passes a long rein which acts as a nose-band, crosses under 

 the chin, and so reaches the rider's hands, converting the 

 snaffle into a kind of gag-bit. 



If a horse takes to kicking standing, and refuses to 



