204 HORSE AND MAN. 



dounds very much to her credit, and I mention 

 no names. 



I feel quite certain that we do not realise the 

 horrible pain which is given to horses by these enor- 

 mous and weighty bits. 



The reader will remember that the two portraits 

 on pp. 200 and 201 were taken from the same horse. 

 That on p. 201 was taken first, so as to show his 

 appearance when driven with a simple snaffle. After 

 this portrait was taken, the harness was removed, 

 so that the horse might be shown as he was when 

 Mr. Flower bought him. 



No sooner did the animal see the groom approach 

 with the old bit and curb than he began to tremble, 

 and burst out into a profuse perspiration from ab- 

 solute terror. The effect upon the horse was so 

 great that Mr. Flower could scarcely bring him- 

 self to order the bit and harness to be placed upon 

 him. 



The reader may perhaps think that this bit is an 

 exceptional one, and made especially for that horse. 

 I only wish it were so. As I write these words, Septem- 

 ber 1884, there is in the Crystal Palace an Inter- 

 national Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures, and 

 among the various stalls are several which are devoted 

 to harness, and in which may be seen bits which are 



