CARRIAGE BAR BIT. 



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CH APTEE XVI. 



CARRIAGE BAR BIT WITH CURB AND BEARING REIN. 



This bit with the plain bar, as represented in figure 51, 

 is generally used on the carriage, cab and coupe horse in- 

 discriminately. But if used with a check rein, buckled 

 on at A, and the rein at B, C, D or E, while the curb and 

 cheek strap are fast at i^and >'jr, there are more confusing 

 guides and restraints than a fine mouth should be sub- 

 jected to — for there is a contrary action here that con- 



Fig. 51, — CARRIAGE BAR BIT. 



fuses any horse of ordinary intelligence, and instead of 

 replying to delicate touches, that the rein alone should 

 convey, he throws himself aimlessly on the mercy of the 

 driver and waits to be pulled about by strength of hands 

 rather than by magic touches or appeals to his intelli- 

 gence. If the check rein be used on a bit with the 

 Liverpool slide, the slide cannot act, for the check is 

 supposed to be always on the strain, and this would keep 

 the bit always tight up against the corners of the mouth. 

 The check, therefore, should never be used on this bit, 

 i. e., if the slide is intended to operate. 



