CHAPTER III. 

 BITS AND BITTING-. 



The second part of Major Dwyer's book, which is per- 

 haps even more valuable than the first, relates to *' Bits 

 and Bitting ," and he shows more conclusively, than any 

 writer who has preceded him, the importance of great 

 care in the adjustment and management of the bit and 



Fig. 9.— HEAD-GEAR FOR YOUNG HORSES. 



bridle, giving some opinions which are quite new to the 

 writer, and which are obviously important. 



His device for the head-gear of a young horse that is 

 to bo broken for any purpose, or of any horse that is to 

 be trained to the saddle, we show in figure 9. This is an 

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