D UMB JOCKE VS. 6 9 



obtain the necessary control with the snaffle during 

 breaking, it is evident that we should altogether 

 dispense with the use of the curb during this pro- 

 cess, so as to avoid the introduction of any dis- 

 turbing element in the working out of the principle 

 of using indications, rather than severity. 



The thin, so-called, racing snaffle should not be 

 used ; as it is apt to wound the bars of the mouth, 

 and thereby irritate the horse into shewing fight, 

 which is the very thing we should seek to avoid 

 while using the reins, of which, when we are in the 

 saddle or driving seat, we are masters only on 

 sufferance. 



Elastic reins on dumb jockeys. These contrivances 

 should not be employed in breaking ; for they never 

 allow the complete freedom from pressure which the 

 horse should experience as a reward for obedience, 

 when he bends his neck and yields to the rein ; unless, 

 indeed, the elastic lines are ineffectually loose, or the 

 animal draws in his head to an immoderate extent. 



