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BITS AND BRIDLE GEAR. 



There is some truth in the old saying, that if a horse cannot 

 be held in a snaffle no other bit will hold him. At the same 

 time, I must say that I have never taken in hand a hard puller 



Fig. 90. Snaffle with Cheeks solidly connected to Mouth-piece. 



Fig. 91. Action of the Curb as a Lever. 



which I have not been able to get under better control with 

 a curb, properly put on, than with a snaffle. The disrepute 

 under which, for holding a puller, a curb sometimes falls, is 



