RIDING BITS— THE WEYMOUTH, ETC. 



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THE WEYMOUTH. 



The Weymouth is the simplest form of 

 a complete curb riding bit. It consists of 

 a bar mouth-piece which is usually straight 

 or with a Mullen or Cambridge port : the 

 cheek-pieces are made with rein rings at 

 the lower end and eyes at the upper ends 

 to which the points of the cheek-pieces of 

 the bridle and the hooks for the curb-chain 

 are fastened. In the middle of the lower 

 arms of the cheek-pieces of the bit and at 

 right angles to the mouth-piece lip-strap 

 rings are welded. The mouth-piece is 

 made either stationary or sliding; in the 

 latter design the ends of the bit slide up 

 and down on a thin section of the cheek-piece and are 

 given half an inch or more play. Diameter of mouth-piece 

 at heaviest point five-eighths of an inch. Length of upper 

 arm of cheek-piece from centre of mouth-piece two and one- 

 half inches. Length of lower arm measured in the same 

 way four and one-half inches. Diameter of cheek-piece at 

 thickest point near mouth-piece one-half inch. Diameter of 

 openings of rein rings one inch. This bit is the most ser- 

 viceable and appropriate of all bits for a double bridle when 

 used with a bridoon. 



FIG. 143. 



THE PELHAM. 



The Pelham, which resembles the Weymouth in general 

 outlines, is a combination of curb and Bridoon bit. It con- 

 sists of a straight bar and cheek-piece with two sets of rings, 

 one at the bottom of the cheek-piece and the other, a larger 



