116 THE BRIDLE BITS. 



work, but if he were tied np and put on a trot or 

 canter the little he had would soon give out. Figure 49 

 shows the style of horse that the crest strap is j^ut on 

 and as may be seen in buggy driving, and how it tends 

 to make bad worse. The horse's head is already set on 

 wrong, which characterizes him as a poke, and while his 

 nose is naturally stuck out and thrown upwards as if to 

 sniff the fresh air, his crest, which should be convexed, 

 is concaved, and consequently the head and neck are the 

 very reverse of what they ought to be. But this fancy 

 torture and Tomfoolery will have its day. Is there any 

 sense in putting the crest strap and its accompanjang bit 

 on such a horse ? One bit pulling his mouth up towards 



Fig. 50.— NOKMAN STAI.LION. 



his eyes and the other towards points of his shoulders, 

 thus at right angles. The freaks and peculiarities of 

 nature cannot be ignored, and we are bound to heed her 

 suggestions, study and adopt her plans and observe her 

 laws. But the course that some persons take in this 

 direction is as much at variance with reason as is the 

 hobby that they ride. 



CONTEADICTIONS. 



Driving reins to pull back, check rein to pull up, mar- 

 tingale to pull down, crest and race strap to hold the 

 nose out, curb to hold it in, and all these varieties work- 



