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THE BKIDLE BITS. 



Fig. 31. — BRIDOON BIT WITH HALF GUARDS. 



CHAPTER XI. 



THE BRIDOON BIT WITH HALF GUARDS. 



The above cut represents the bridoon bit with half 

 guards, which renders it a compromise between the snaf- 

 fle and the common bridoon with rings only. This bit 

 is in common use with truck, car and cart horses. The 

 excuse given for having the half guards to prevent the bit 

 from being drawn through the month is, in our opinion, 

 a very weak one for its adoption. We should be sorry to 

 drive the horse or hire the man who required and prac- 

 ticed such pulling as a means of guidance or control. 

 What could the horse be doing that would require such 

 hauling ? Such a driver would be akin to the Mexican 

 burrero, who knows no moral law in the management of 

 a beast of burden. 



