THE BKIDOOi^ BIT WITH DOUBLE JOINT. 



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CHAPTEE XII. 



THE BRIDOON BIT WITH DOUBLE JOINT AND HALF 



GUARDS. 



This bit was originally intended for use in the British 

 cavalry. It was proposed by Captain Nolan and recom- 

 mended by him to be used in connection with the curb 

 bit. Our objection to it for general use is owing to the 

 great quantity of iron that it must necessarily add to that 

 already in the mouth. It is the watering bit over again 

 with the additional objection of double joints. The curb 

 bit is used with it, and while the bridoon itself is a severe 



Fig. 32. — BRIDOON BIT WITB DOUBLE JOINT AND HALF GUARDS, 



one and perhaps necessary with some horses, we should 

 be sorry to have it used in cavalry regiments as a regula- 

 tion bit. It is too much. The double joint stretching 

 alongside of the bar of the curb bit aci'oss the mouth, is 

 more by far than most horses require, and treating all 

 horses alike is at variance with good judgment. 



This bridoon, when used wdth its fellow curb bit, is made 

 to slip off and on the bridle by means of hooks on the half 

 guards for the purpose of feeding without taking the head- 

 stall off the horse. We decidedly object to leaving the 

 headstall on while feeding, for there is nothing, not even 

 the feed itself, more agreeable or refreshing to the cavalry 

 or any other horse than to strip him of everything and let 

 him roll. The matted mane and forelock on his sweated 



