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THE BKIDLE BITS. 



Tvhat we desire, and besides, in action it might not have 

 the effect desired. All we can say in its favor is, as we 

 say of all bits — try it. It is a compromise between the 

 single-jointed snaffle and the bar bit — for, when both reins 



Fig. 36.— PANTOGRAPH SNATFLE. 



Fig. 37. — PANTOGRAPH IN ACTION. 



are equally drawn, the bar link in the centre (which is 

 one-third of the iron in the mouth) is square across the 

 mouth, while the two wings are drawn back on the 

 corners of the mouth with a j)ressure that may tend to 

 either madden or subdue (fig. 35). 



The double-barred snaffle, as shown in figure 36, is a 

 severe one and designed to master a hard puller or a horse 

 disposed to take the bit in his teeth and run away with 



Fig. 38. — ^DOUBLE-BARBED SNAFFLE IN USE. 



it. It operates in the mouth on the pantograph principle 

 with double converging action (fig. 37). Its severity can 

 be doubled by crossing the bars, thus having the end of 

 the long under-bar join the left-hand guard below the 



