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HORSEMANSHIP. 



saddle or in harness, can stop the horse in its own length, 

 and can v/ith safety steady a rusher at his fences. 



I venture to submit the claims of an invention of my own, 

 which, when used in conjunction with a nose-band, will be 

 found to exercise control in combination with comfort. It 

 is a combination of the double-jointed snaffle, the Pelham, 

 and the Segundo port. The lightest snaffle bridle horse 

 goes handsomely in it, finding in the port a liberty or har- 



CAPTAIN KERR S MODEL TATENT BIT FOR RUNAWAYS. 



hour for his tongue ; he cannot insert his tongue between 

 the cannons of the mouth-piece and the bars of his jaw, and 

 if the mouth be over sensitive, the round smooth cannons 

 are encased in white, tasteless, rubber. Should a confirmed 

 bolter get the leg between his teeth, the action of the joints 

 is such that it is at once wrenched from his hold. The 

 snaffle can be mild or severe at the rider's pleasure. In the 

 case of habitual runaways I make "assurance doubly sure" 

 by adding a fast, loose, sliding, or roller loop on to the butt, 

 as may be deemed best. A nose-band which may, in ex- 



