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by whicli you can hold him with the most perfect 

 ease. A few weeks' driving will effectually break 

 him of the vice. Also for a horse that lugs or pulls 

 on the reins, have your rings welded around the bit, 

 as above described, a crotch over the nose, and light 

 strap from the crotch through the loops on t,he top 

 of the head and back to .the water-hook, acting the 

 same as a Kemble Jackson check. This will break 

 an}^ puller or lugger. Eemember, when you pull 

 upon the reins, you do not injure the mouth a par- 

 ticle. It simply draws the two one inch and a half 

 rings firmly against his jaws, confining them almost 

 as closely as though they were twisted in a vice. 

 Soon as he quiets down, you ease up on your reins, 

 and it is the easiest bit in the world. A few days' 

 driving will break him, and he will drive quietly on 

 a slack rein. 



Another point to be considered in the use of this 

 bridle — breaking a horse from carrying his tongue 

 over the bit and out of his mouth. Instead of a 

 snaffle, use a bar-bit, with inch and a half rings ; 

 crotch over the nose made of half inch straps ; also 

 half inch ring on the top of the nose ; another half 

 inch strap, one end stitched fast to the ring, the other 

 end brought up to the top of the head and buckled 

 to the crown piece of jour buckle ; this will keep 

 the bit in the roof of his mouth, and he cannot get 

 his tongue over it. Tlie simple attachment will soon 

 wear the habit away. 



I have another very effectual bit for breaking a 



