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HOUSE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA. 



If stops be Dot present, the ends of the straps (billets) 

 of the buckles should be withdrawn out of the keepers, 

 an arrangement which will serve in the place of 

 " stops " (see Fig. 111.) 



FIG. III. 



Nosebands. An ordinary noseband, buckled tight, 

 will considerably increase the power of either curb or 

 snaffle. I cannot offer any satisfactory explanation of 

 this fact.* 



The neatest arrangement for the noseband of a 

 snaffle bridle is to give it a separate head piece, similar 

 to the " bridoon head " of a double bridle ; it can then 

 be raised or lowered, as may be required. 



Martingales. The uses of the running martingale 

 are 1, to ease the hands and arms in keeping the 

 horse's head down; 2, to increase the power of the 

 rider in "catching hold of the horse's head." With 

 the first object in view, the martingale maybe adjusted 



