272 BURNING AWAY. 



gives. Consequently, should the horse lunge recklessly 

 against the bit, the pain it inflicts not being sufficient to 

 hold him in check, he is liable to get away. When used 

 upon a doubtful horse, he should be carefully tested with 

 it, first by driving around a little in harness, then as de- 

 scribed in the use of the Half-moon Bit. The foot strap 

 should also be used to enable testing the horse sufficiently 

 hard to know with certainty to what degree the horse wall 

 submit to the restraint. It is no proof of skill, but, on the 

 contrary, of ignorant fool-hardiness, to take doubtful chances 

 in the management of cases in which a single mismove 

 would precipitate a dangerous runaway. 



It is a perfect remedy for cases that pull on one rein, 

 and for luggers. It should be carefully fitted. The strap 

 across the nose should not be so long as to lose the power 

 of forcing the joint firmly against the roof of the mouth. 



Patent Bridle. 



To give sufficient power to overcome extreme resistance 

 most effectually, I devised the Patent Bridle, which gives 

 such power that the strongest horse can be easily held and 

 controlled. It does not require any practice or work other 

 than fitting the head-piece and bridle to the head, and set- 

 ting the horse back a few times. It gives two important 

 points of advantage : 1st. It is as any common bit in the 

 mouth until resistance is excited, when by an ordinary ])u\\ 

 such pain and power are produced in the mouth that it can 

 rarely be resisted ; 2nd. Should there be so much 

 pluck as to pull against it, in addition to the pain and pur- 

 chase upon the mouth, it also causes such pressure upon 

 the spinal cord, — the most vital part of the whole body, — 

 that the wdiole nervous system is relaxed, and the horse is 

 subdued, driving with a slack rein ; yet it is ready at any 

 time to repeat the same terrible penalty. 



