222 HORSE AXD MAN. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



The bearing-rein continued The locomotive and the brake Probation 

 of an engine driver The bearing-rein and the break Leading reins 

 converted into bearing-reins Railway companies and the bearing- 

 rein Theories as to the bearing-rein Its supposed use in preventing 

 the horse from falling Bearing-reins and hills Harness in Scotland 

 The bearing-rein in Bristol Mr. Cracknell's testimony The 

 bearing-rein and runaway horses A grievous experience The 

 shoulder injured by the bearing-rein Testimony of more than a 

 hundred veterinary surgeons ' Roaring ' caused by the bearing-rein 

 Mistaken zeal Summary ' Free Lance's ' check for a runaway 

 horse. 



IF we can imagine the driver of a locomotive engine 

 putting on the brakes and then turning on full steam, 

 so as to produce plenty of puffing, and smoke, and 

 sparks, and thinking that he was 4 showing off' his 

 engine to the best advantage, we should set him 

 down as a maniac, or at the best an ignorant fool. 

 Certain it is, that no engine owner would keep the 

 man in his employ for five minutes. 



Yet the coachman who uses the gag-rein is doing 

 exactly the same thing. He is wasting the power of 

 the horse in snorting, and foaming, and pawing, and 

 head- tossing, while preventing him from drawing 



