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with ; then they will look well in any bridle, without its 

 strain or use to set them up. 



ri,^nres 28, 29 and 30 represent the saddle, carriage and 

 draft horses, and no amount of mouthing and training 

 would prepare or fit them for each other's place, in ap- 

 pearance or adaptation, excepting the light, high-strung 

 carriage horse that would suit the saddle if naturally 

 adapted in all respects. But to pay a high price for a 

 plug, stuff him with hay to fill the harness out, bang his 



Fig. 30. — DRAFT HOKSE. 



tail to imitate blood, and put on the check rein and curb 

 to make believe carriage horse, is a voluntary piece of 

 self deception of the usual kind, that creates no little 

 amusement among the initiated. 



It is w^ith this common bridoon bit that most of our 

 horses are mouthed and broken in, and in the absence 

 of the regular mouthing bit (fig. 1) it is the next best for 

 the purpose. The thicker the bars the better for young 

 horses, for reasons given in the chapter on mouthing. 



