io6 BITS AND BRIDLE GEAR. 



throat-latch is buckled, and the curb-chain taken up, if 



a curb is used. 



Before putting on a double bridle, the bridoon should be 

 placed over the mouth-piece of the curb. 



ADJUSTMENT OF BRIDLE. 



The snaffle should be put low enough in the mouth to 

 avoid wrinkling its corners. 



Fig. 113. Bridling a Horse. 



Fig. 114. Bridling a Horse. 



The mouth-piece of the curb, as directed by Colonel Green- 

 wood in his excellent book, Hints on Horsemanship, should be 

 placed so that it may be just clear of the tushes of the horse 

 or gelding, or about one inch above the corner nippers of 

 the mare ; in fact, as low as possible without involving 

 the danger of the curb-chain slipping over the animal's 

 chin. When the curb is in this position, the curb-chain will 

 have little tendency to work up on to the sharp edges of 



