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O:^ THE BRIDLIISG OF HOESES AXD 

 THE USE OF THE CURB-BIT. 



In the XYI. Century first Cesare Fiasclii a 

 nobleman of Ferrara (1539) and after him Pirr' An- 

 tonio Ferrari a nobleman of I^aples (1598) Avrote 

 on the Bridling of horses. Fra Giovanni Paolo 

 d' Aquino, knight of St. John of Jerusalem (Udiiie 

 1636) mentions the latter and not the former pro- 

 bably because he was, like himself, a native of the 

 Kingdom of Naples. The Bitter von Weyrother, 

 head of the austrian military riding school (Vienna 

 1810), said what was said by Fiaschi before liim, 

 but Weyrother employed modern expressions and 

 invented the measuring curb-bit. 



Fiaschi said moreover that when adapting the 

 bit to a horse besides the shape of his mouth, 



