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All leather parts arc made from russet harness leather. 



The rein is 1 inch in width, made in two pieces and sewed together 

 in the middle. Each part ends in a rein billet having a 1-inch barrel 

 roller buckle and one standing loop. 



The bridle cheek pieces are alike, the upper end of each having a 

 1-inch barrel roller buckle and standing loop, and the lower end hav- 

 ing a billet with a 1-inch barrel roller buckle and one standing loop. 



The crownpiece is made from one piece of leather 1|- inches 

 wide with both ends split in two for a distance of 7^ inches from 

 the end, forming tlvee billets and one buckle piece. The latter is 

 I inch in width and extends 13 J inches beyond the end of billet 

 and forms the throatlatch, ending in a |-inch barrel roller buckle 

 and one standing loop. To the 1-inch billets are attached first, the 

 halter cheek piece, and then the bridle cheek piece. 



The halter cheek pieces are alike and are made of two thicknesses 

 of leather sewn together and forming a loop at the lower end, through 

 which the nose and chin strap passes, and having sewed to the upper 

 end a 1-inch barrel roller buckle and one standing loop for attaching 

 to the cro^^-npiece. 



The nose and chin strap is made in two parts: an outer strap 1 

 inch wide with ends sewn into a 1 by 1 J inch halter square, and 

 an inside chin strap f inch wide, consisting of a billet and buckle 

 piece, which fastens under the halter square with a f-inch barrel 

 roller buckle and standing loop. The nose and chin strap passes 

 through the loops in lower end of the halter cheek pieces in assem- 

 bling. 



The gullet is folded on itself, making three thicloiesses and stitched, 

 forming a loop at the top for the throatlatch and holding the halter 

 square above mentioned in a fold at the bottom. 



The brow band is made with a loop in each end through which the 

 cro\vnpiece passes and is formed by doubling over the end and stitching. 



The brow band ornaments, made from sheet copper 0.035-inch 

 thick for enlisted men and 0.109 inch thick for officers, are the same 

 as are used on the curb bridle, model of 1902. 



The halter strap is made of 1-inch width, tapering at the end. 

 The upper part ends in a billet having a 1-inch barrel roller buckle 

 and one standing loop for attaching to the halter square. 



CAVALKY BRIDLE, MODEL OF 1900. 



EXPERIMENTAL. 

 (Plate IV.) 



This consists of a curb bridle, model of 1906, experimental, and a 

 bridoon bridle, model of 1906, experimental, made from russet collar 

 leather 7 to 8 ounces per square foot and assembled together. 



