would make one for him with the cheeks to match his carriage "bit, which 

 was a very handsome one I had made a short time previously ; he was very 

 pleased with the bit, and paying me the high price of his carriage bit for it, 

 said it was the cheapest article he had ever bought, for with it his horse 

 run as straight as an'arrow — and that the bit and horse should never be 

 separated while he lived. 



Another instance is in the case of a not very rich Gentleman, born 

 and bred to the hunting-fields, who bought horses, (and he thought 

 were superior hunters,) that the owners could not manage, for, say, 

 twenty guineas. By patience and kind perseverance he would find the right 

 sort of bit, and by strict attention, coax him away from any and every vice 

 he found the horse had previously contracted. Some time since he came to 

 me for a No. 2. Segundo bit, and related to me as follows : I gave twenty 

 guineas for a horse I have now sold ; I never give more than twenty guineas, 

 and when I sell, my price invariably is one hundred and twenty guineae. 

 The horse that I have just sold, I purchased for twenty guineas, because no 

 one could ride him. First, I found the bit to suit his mouth, then with kind 

 treatment and proper exercise, I soon had the best hunter in the field. A 

 young nobleman, with three or four good hunters, was very vexed that he 

 could not keep with me ; he bought my horse, which of course I sent to his 

 stables. The next out the horse was no better than his others ; another day 

 and still the same ; he cursed, he swore, and in his passion, said he would 

 have the horse shot. Of course the Gentlemen of the hunt would not allow 

 such a thing with a horse they had seen work so well, so he sold me the 

 horse for twenty guineas, and I put my old bridle on the right bit — and took 

 the lead as before, which so exasperated the young nobleman, that he chal- 

 lenged my education in riding ; said he could ride as well as I could, he 

 had been taught by as good masters as I had, and a great deal more of such 

 intemperate language, and after some five or six good runs, said he must have 

 the horse, for he could not longer bear to be left in the cold. So next time 

 we went out, being very near each other, and seeing he was very much out 

 of temper, I offered to change seats : I ride his horse and he ride mine ; and 

 all went well. He was delighted, and on our return he gave me the second 

 one hundred and twenty guineas, and I sent the horse to his stables — Bridle 

 and Saddle, just as he was ; with instructions always to use him in that Bridle 



