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LEATHER CHEEK-PIECES AND BURRS. 



LEATHER CHEEK-PIECES. 



Leather cheek-pieces are frequently used on horses that 

 have the unsightly habit of lolling their tongues out on 

 either side of the mouth These cheek-pieces are made 

 of a circular piece of leather about three and one-half inches 

 in diameter and about three-sixteenths of an inch thick. 

 In the centre is a hole three-fourths of an inch in diameter 

 from which a slit is made to the outer circumference. The 

 cheek-piece is inserted between the horse's mouth and the 

 ring of the bit, where it is held in place by passing the 

 mouth-piece through the slit to the hole made for it in the 

 centre. 



FIG. 141. 

 BURRS. 



Burrs are similar to the leather cheek-pieces described 

 in the above paragraph, except that the under side of the 

 disk is studded with either bristles or metal points. Al- 

 though often effective in cases where the plain leather fails, 

 they are a source of constant irritation to the horse with a 

 tender mouth. 



