PROPORTIONS. &$ 



the withers. This fact is rendered apparent to the 

 observer, in all carriages, by the bridle (passing in the 

 key of the mantelet and that of the collar of the superior 

 portion of these two rings) ; this stretches exactly to the 

 height of the withers in order to fasten itself to the bit, 1 

 and thus physically underlines the horizontality of which 

 I have been speaking, a horizontality equally produced 

 in the saddle-horse, from the withers to the nostrils, when 

 the rider, keeping his hand low, lightly holds the reins of 

 the fillet. 



With all quiet horses, the bridle is attached to the banquet, the 

 ring of which is at the height of the canon of the bit. 



