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The components of the curb bridle are — 



1 curb bit, model of 1906, experimental. 



2 curb hooks. 



1 curb chain, model of 1906, experimental. 

 1 curb bit thong. 



1 rein. 

 Headstall — 



2 cheek pieces 

 1 crownpiece. 



1 brow band. ^ 



2 brow band ornaments. 



All bridle trimmings, except brow band ornaments, are made of 

 bronze; bronze finish for officers, browTi japan fuiish for enlisted men. 



The curb bit, model of 1906, has dull nickel finish. The branches 

 are drop-forged from best quality shear steel and electrically welded 

 to mouthpiece, wMch is made of soft decarbonized steel. A loop is 

 forged on upper part of each branch for attaching the cheek piece 

 and curb hook, the latter being of shear steel, bent around the loop. 

 The lower end of each branch is straight, tapering from fg-inch 

 diameter below the mouthpiece to 0.28 inch above the bottom end, 

 which is forged to the rear at a right angle and into which is welded 

 the rein ring, made from 0.203-inch decarbonized steel wire. Near 

 the middle of the lower branch an eye is forged for attachment of the 

 curb bit thong. 



The curb chain, model of 1900, is the model of 1904 chain with an 

 additional ring in the middle, through wliich the curb chain thong 

 passes. 



The curb bit thong is of soft rawliide and is passed through middle 

 link of curb chain and has the ends tied into the middle eye on each 

 branch of the curb bit. 



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

 in the middle. Each part ends in a rein billet having a f-inch bronze 

 buckle and three standing loops. 



The cheek pieces are alike, the upper end of each having a f-inch 

 bronze buckle, one standing loop and one sliding loop, and the lower 

 end having a billet with f-inch bronze buckle and three standing 

 loops. 



The crownpiece is H inches in width with both ends split in two for 

 a distance of 7f inches from the end, and forming three billets and 

 one buckle piece. The latter is ^ inch in width and extends 14^ 

 inches beyond the end of billet, forming the throatlatch and ending 

 in a i^-inch bronze buckle with one standing loop and one sliding loop. 



The brow band is made by doubling over each end and stitching 

 so as to form two loops through which the crownpieces of both 

 bridles pass when assembled. 



