REMARKS UN SADDLERY. ()5 



let your bit be long in the check (i.e., in moderation), 

 the mouth-piece thick, having the bridoon the same, 

 the suariter in modo being much more agreeable 

 than the fortiter in re, to all animals. For hack 

 bridles, any fancy check may do, if the horse's head 

 be sufficiently handsome ; but let me request my 

 readers not to put a fancy bridle on a coarse-bred, 

 common horse. 



THE THROAT LASH. 



Simple as it may appear, it spoils the heads of all 

 horses, as it is usually made. It should be long 

 enough to fall just below the cheek-bone, and not 

 to lay on or over it, as it makes the animal's head 

 look short and thick. 



NOSE BAND. 



Not as they were used in days past, attached to 

 bridle, but separate. No one knows its efficacy 

 when placed low, but those who have tried it ; its 

 exact position will, of course, depend much on the 

 size of the mouth. 



CHIN STRAP. 



Some imagine this is not an indispensable thing 

 to a bridle, either in hunting or hacking, but it 



