THE BIT-AJ^D-BRTDOO]Sr FOR SADDLE HORSES. 



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nicany things to learn besides sitting in the saddle. In- 

 structions in and study of the nature and various powers 

 of the Pelham bit and its effects on the different tempers 

 and dispositions of horses should be incumbent on the 

 professional jockey, on whose skill the reputations of 

 horses, their victories and large amounts are staked. The 

 Pelham, therefore, has all the advantages and disadvan- 

 tages for victory or defeat. It is a compromise between 

 the snaffle and the bit-and-bridoon, the subject of our 

 next chapter. 



CHAPTEE III. 



THE BIT-AND-BRIDOON FOR SADDLE HORSES. 



We have no apology to offer for the man who prefers 

 the old fashioned bit-and-bridoon or double bridle — he 

 needs none. For ordinary use in the park or on the road 



Fig. 17.— BIT-AND-BKIDOON. 



it is the embodiment of perfection ; and although a sub- 

 stitute may be used to cater to the mania for new and 

 changing fashions, it never can, by any device or altera- 

 tion, be improved upon or surpassed. It seems to us that 

 in putting it on a young horse for the first time, he is 



