LEAPING HEAD. 



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head is riveted on to the tree (as in Figs. 10 and 16), 

 which is the better plan, it can be placed as near 

 as we like to the upper crutch, and it will have no 



Fig. 12. Grip with improved leaping head. 



tendency to wobble about, as it would be apt to do, if 

 it was fixed by a screw. As the screws of the leaping 

 heads of cheap saddles are almost always made of 



