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that are welded around the bit. That brings the rings 

 very close each side of the upper jaw; stitch to the center 

 of tlie strap across the nose one end of another half inch 

 strap eighteen inches long ; to the other end attach the 

 buckle on the top of the bridle, and between the ears. 

 This is to keep the nose piece from dropping over the nos- 

 tril. The bit is now arranged. Place your horse between 

 your shafts ; buckle your reins and start him along. Drive 

 him with a slack rein as long as he is quiet ; if he attempts 

 to go very fast, pull upon the lines. As you pull, the rings 

 around the bit crowd with more force against the sides of 

 the face, throwing his mouth wide open, and causing the 

 most excruciating pain. Drive him a few days with a bit 

 so arranged, and after that any boy twelve years of age can 

 drive him with perfect ease. 



TOWGUE OVER THE BIT. 



Attach to your bridle a check bit, as follows : procure a 

 small steel baj bit , a small one, so that the check bars will 

 sit close to each side of the horse's face. To this bit, buckle 

 checks and check pieces of bridle ; through this bit, drill 

 two holes, leaving a space between, and in the centre, of 

 two inches and a half; get a thick piece of harness leather six 

 inches long ; cut it in the form of a diamond, two and a 

 half inches wide, with ends rounded off to a point, ^he 

 centre of this piece of leather is doubled over the bit, with 

 edges just covering the two holes; it is now stitched to- 

 gether across, and close to the bit ; the edges of the points 

 are also stitched firmly together, and as the bit is placed 

 in the mouth, the rounded points of the leather run back 



