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of the time-honoured adage, " There is a key- 

 to every horse's mouth," there are some horses 

 which from constitutional defects cannot be made 

 amenable. The intemperate "rushing" brute 

 which looses its head, apparently, at the sight of 

 hounds, can only be kept in hand by means of 



THE CHAMPION SNAFFLE 



a powerful bit ; and though sufficiently strong 

 tackle will enable you to restrain him from bolt- 

 ing, the pain goads him into a state of frenzy, 

 which makes him anything but a pleasant mount. 

 A horse which can only be kept under control 

 with a gag snafifie and chifney bit in the hunting- 

 field may be a delightful mount for a solitary 

 ride with nothing more than a chain snaffie in 



