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ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLOGY. 



Figure 53. 

 Hands too high, ungraceful, and ineffective. 



an inch below the corners of the lips. The bit does not revolve 

 so far as to waste the greater part of the exertions of the rider in 

 a painless pull on the head. 



In fitting a horse with a curb bit, there is no better rule to 

 follow than is used in fitting a man with a shoe — try it on. If 

 it pinches the lips, it is too narrow; if there is play enough to 



