EDUCATING THE HORSE. 251 



JBITS USED IN EDUCATING HORSES 

 ADDICTED TO BAD HABITS. 



No. I. To PREVENT A HORSE GETTING HIS 



TONGUE OVER THE BIT. Take a piece of leather, 

 say three inches long, an inch and a half wide, 

 and drill two holes in a straight bit ; now rivet 

 this leather on the top of the bit, after which 

 sprinkle on the upper side some pulverized rosin, 

 and take a hot iron and pass over it so as to 

 form a coating. Allow your horse to wear this 

 bit say six or eight days when driving, and he 

 will by that time be sufficiently taught to aban- 

 don the habit. 



No. 2, LOLLING THE TONGUE. Take an or- 

 dinary straight bit of five-eighths of an inch in 

 diameter and drill two holes, each one three- 

 quarters of an inch from the center ; then get a 

 piece of very small chain, attach iron bullets, 



