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the buckle will help one to distinguish the snaffle reins from 

 those of the curb. When a running martingale is sometimes 

 used on one pair of reins and sometimes on the other, both 

 reins should of course be furnished with buckles. I find that 



Fig. 72. Mr. Langham-Reed's Head-Stall. 



when the reins are of equal width, they feel more pleasant in 

 the hands than when they are of differenlfsizes. If the reins 

 are held according to a uniform method, there will not be 

 the slightest possibility of the rider becoming confused as 

 to their respective identity. 



