THE DOUBLE-JOINTED SNAFFLE BIT. 



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tongue and sides of the mouth to see if the pincliing 

 process of the single joint has any bad or irritating effect 

 on the tongue or mouth, and if the horse takes to it 

 clieerfully, after a httle use. 



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Fig. 34. — DOUBLE JOINTED SNAFFLE BIT. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



THE DOUBLE-JOINTED SNAFFLE BIT. 



The double-jointed snaffle bit for hard pullers would 

 be a safe bit to use, but what effect it would have could 

 not be known without a trial. Some horses might like 

 it and go well with it, while it might irritate others and 



Fig. 35. — DOUBLE-JOINTED SNAFFLE. 



promote a disposition to run away with it — for, while ca 

 bit may have certain and unmistakable properties, its 

 effect upon the moral of the horse may be anything but 



