THE LEATHER AND PARTS. 



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lower part of the fitting. In women's saddles D's are placed 

 on the edo^e of the seat on the off side between the waist 

 and the cantle, to which these attachments are fastened. 



THE LEATHER. 



Bridles should always be made from well seasoned leather 

 that has been pressed and is soft and pliable. The thickness 

 of the leather used in a bridle is no proof of its strength, in 

 fact the leather should be thin but made so by being well 

 pressed while in the hands of the saddler. It should be 

 noticed that in the following dimensions given of the parts 

 of a bridle, the reins' of a woman's bridle are somewhat nar- 

 rower than those for a man's. 



FIG. I Of 



THE PARTS. 



A single bridle consists of a headstall, /. e., a crown- 

 piece, cheek-pieces, front, throat-latch and nose-band (option- 

 al). A double bridle, besides the above, has a bridoon-head, 

 to which the bridoon bit is fastened, and consists of a piece 



