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RIDING FOR LADIES. 



also. In using it, however, you must see that the head- 

 stall is long enough for the pressure to lie on the bars of 

 the horse's mouth. This should always be looked to by 

 the rider. If it has a tendency to crumple the lips at the 

 corners, it is wrong, and partakes of the nature of a gag. 



The Pelham bridle finds 7naiiy advocates : Major Whyte 

 Melville liked it, for instance, — and for showing off paces 



JOINTED PELHAM. 



(if this alone be desired), I approve of the Hanoverian 

 Pelham, but not particularly for anything else. The New- 

 market snaffle is a capital bit for pullers, and the American 

 snaffle with india-rubber mouthpiece is a pleasant bridle, 

 largely used in the States for trotting purposes. The 

 Segundo, formerly a great favourite, is a very powerful 

 controller — while the Melton mouth-bit is deservedly a 



