INTRODUCTION, xvii 



B1TS> AND MARTINGALES. 



There is no combination-bit that will 

 supply the place of the "curb and 

 snaffle " of the double bridle. The 

 effects of both of these are required in 

 schooliniy and in riding; the horse. And 

 although they are never to be used 

 simultaneously, the action of one must 

 often follow that of the other in a manner 

 that precludes the substitution of a single 

 bit. 



The snaffle should be buckled to the 

 under check-pieces of the bridle, so that 

 it will lie up in the corners of the mouth 

 without pressure. 



The mouth-piece of the curb should be 

 of proper width. It is to rest upon the 

 bars of the mouth ; for which reason the 



