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cheek-pieces of the head-stall. In a double bridle it will 

 pass through loops on the cheek-pieces of the bridoon, and 

 not through those of the curb, the action of which it would 

 check if it were attached to that bit. 



.32. The cavasson nose-band (Fig. 79) has, as a rule, a 

 separate head, which is similar in make to the bridoon head 



Fig. 79. Cavasson Nose-band. 



of a double bridle (Fig. 68) ; or it may have cheek-pieces 

 which fasten on to the buckles to which the crown-piece of the 

 bridle is attached. In either form it can be raised or lowered 

 as may be required, which is an advantage not possessed by 

 the ordinary nose-band. The cavasson nose-band which has a 

 separate head, is the most fashionable form of this gear, and is 

 certainly neat-looking and useful. 



