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year by Mr. J. McKenny, the well-known veterinary surgeon 

 of Dublin. It is claimed for the patent that (i) it gives 

 perfect control to the rider over the horse, be he badly 

 broken, a hard puller, or ill-tempered ; (2) it minimizes the 

 danger of being thrown, either by the horse rearing, plunging, 

 or shying; (3) simplicity in construction, and ease with 

 which it is attached to and detached from the saddle. The- 

 diagram given below explains the structure and adjustment 

 of the attachment, a pair of which costs ten shillings. 



AB is a thin steel plate made to overlap and slide on to 

 the stirrup-bar of the saddle. CD, another steel plate, flat 

 at the end C, and riveted on to B, to which it gives a 

 shoulder. At the other end, D, of this plate is a crank 



neck with an eye-hole in it, through which passes the ringE. 

 The neck, D, projects outwards at an angle of about 40°, 

 and attached to it is a stitched round leather strap, F, con- 

 necting it with the ring G, through which the rein, coming 

 from the cheek ring of bridoon, passes into the rider's hands. 

 It is advisable to have that part of the rein which plays 

 through this ring rounded. The mode of adjustment is to 

 slip the flat side, C, under the stirrup bars, so that the rings 

 come to the front, with the bent portion of the cranks out- 

 ward, and pass the unbuckled ends of the rein through the 

 rings G. If more power be required, an extra long rein can 

 be buckled to the rings E, passed through the cheek-ring of 

 the bridoon, and brought back into the rider's hands through 

 the rings G. Or, in the case of the horse carrying his head 



