Illustrations of Bits. 



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In some few instances horses will not bear anytliing more powerful than a snaffle. 



There are two modes by which the snaffle can be made a very powerful instrument for 

 stopping a horse : one wlien it is provided with two rings in which the bit plays loosely (see 

 Figure No. 5 of accompanying illustration). This is seldom used except in harness, but I have 



No. 3. 



No. 6. 



No. 8. 



No. 2. 



No. I. Park Double Bridle, with Detached Noseband and Standing Martingale. No. 2. Hunting Double Bridle. No. 3. Half- 

 horn Snaffle, best for Hunting Bridle. No. 4. Plain Snaffle. No. 5. Ring Snaffle. No. 6. Plain-jointed Pelham. No. 7. 

 Hanoverian Pelham. No. 8. Variation of Curb Bit. 



seen it on young horses ridden by Irish gentlemen in the hunting fields. It is a good form 

 for use in exercising horses that a plain snaffle will not hold, because a heavy-handed groom 

 cannot spoil a horse's mouth so much with any kind of snaffle as with a curb-bit. The other 

 form is the gag-bit, which is used particularly in hunting with horses that bore and snatch 



