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useful, the safest, and the most generally used ; and 

 the Pelham is the most useless, to my thinking. 



The double-reined bridle is composed of headstall, 

 reins, and two bits, a snaffle and curb, the curb being 

 the same as a single curb, and the snaffle the same 

 as a plain snaffle, with the exception of not having 

 bars of steel, called cheeks, attached to the rings to 

 which the leather part of the bridle is buckled. They 

 are both made of a great variety of patterns and 

 sizes, but the plainest patterns are the best, and 

 the sizes will depend on the horse they are intended 

 for. 



Snaffles only differ in size and in being made 

 either plain or twisted, of which the plain is the best. 



(Fig. 7.) 



Curb bits, as sold, are made in sizes ; that is, the 

 larger the size the more severe the bit is as a rule. 

 This is a great mistake on the part of the makers, 

 for the width and size of the bit must be regulated 

 by the size of a horse's head and the width of his 

 mouth ; and severity of the bit should be regulated 

 acccording to how hard the horse pulls, without any 

 reference whatever to the size of his head. 



