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rings of the snaffle and to the girth of the 

 driving pad, and is lengthened out, as much as is 

 compatible with its preventing the animal from 

 getting the snaffle off the bars of his lower jaw, 

 and on to the corners of his mouth (see page 70 

 and Fig. 3). The reins are 22 ft. long, are 

 made of i^ inch ''circular" webbing; they pass 

 through the rein-bearers, and buckle on to the 

 rings of the snaffle. The reins are separate from 

 each other ; so that, if the horse tries to bolt 

 away when being driven on foot, he can always 

 be pulled round and held fast, by letting go one 

 rein and holding the other tight. The rein-bearers 

 are made about 3 ft. 6 in. long on each side for 

 a horse about 15*2 high, and can be taken up or 

 let out as may be necessary. 



Bridling and saddling a Horse for the first 

 time. — These operations may be accomplished 

 with great ease, by means of the rope-twitch (see 

 page 113), and, if necessary, by tying up one fore- 



