1 66 ILLUSTRATED HORSE-BREAKING. 



CHAPTER V. 



GIVING HORSES GOOD MOUTHS. 



Mouthing gear Bridling and saddling a horse for the first time- 

 Mouthing on foot. 



Mouthing gear. The gear I use for giving a 

 horse a good mouth in other words, for teaching 

 him to obey the indications of the rein and leg- 

 consists of a bridle with a heavy, smooth snaffle, 

 which has leather guards on each side ; a standing 

 martingale ; long reins ; a driving pad, or cross- 

 trees which prevent the reins going over the 

 horse's back, and which is kept in place by a 

 crupper and rein-bearers hanging down on each 

 side of the quarters (see Figs. 41 and 42). 



The standing martingale is attached to the 



