88 BITS AND BRIDLE GEAR. 



for an ordinary horse; and consequently, when the chain 

 is in use, there is at each side a superfluous length of chain, 

 the removal of which would greatly add to the neat appear- 

 ance of the bridle. As broken horses which are ridden in a 



Fig. 98. Curb Chain with Hooks. 



curb bridle, require, in the vast majority of cases, only one 

 respective length of curb-chain, it is, as a great rule, advisable 

 that when such an animal has a bridle reserved for his own 



Fig. loo. Patent ' ' Circle Curb Hook. " 



particular use, the curb-chain should be of the exact length 

 required, and without any extra links. It will then look 

 better than a long curb-chain, and in putting it on, there will 

 be no uncertainty or loss of time incurred in its correct 



