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you pull, the rings around tlie bit crowd witli more 

 force against the sides of the face, throwing his mouth 

 wide open, and causing the most excruciating pain. 

 Drive him a few days with a bit so arranged, after 

 which any boy twelve years of age can drive him 

 with perfect ease. 



TTongwe Over tlie ISit. 



Attach to your bridle a check bit, as follows : — 

 Procure a small steel bar bit ; a small one, so the 

 cheek bars will sit close each side of the horse's face. 

 To this bit buckle checks and cheek pieces of bridle ; 

 through this bit drill two holes, leaving a space be- 

 tween, and in the centre, of two inches and a half; 

 get a thick piece of harness leather six inches long ; 

 cut it in the form of a diamond, two and a half inches 

 wide, with ends rounded off to a point. The centre 

 of this piece of leather-is doubled over the bit, with 

 edges just covering the two holes ; it is now stitched 

 together across, and close to the bit ; also edges of 

 points are stitched firmly together ; as the bit is placed 

 in the mouth, the rounded points of the leather run 

 back into the horse's mouth, and top of the tongue. 

 He is now checked up, and the bit kept snug in his 

 mouth; your reins are not to be buckled to this 

 check' bit, but another is used for driving. Gret a" 

 common snaffle bit. This is made fast to the cheek 

 pieces of the bridle with a couple of small half-inch 

 straps five inches long, with buckle and loop attached, 

 letting it hang in the mouth, one inch below the check 



