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martingal passes forward between the horse's fore legs 

 to about the centre of his chest, where the leather of 

 the breadth above-mentioned terminates. To this point 

 should be attached the two running reins, and these be- 

 ing sufficiently long, are passed through each eye of 

 the bit, into the lider's hand. The ends are here se- 

 cured together by a small buckle. 



There are other running-reins^ some of which are 

 attached to the girths under the flaps of the saddle. 

 This will depend on the different positions that colts, 

 in breaking, or horses in training or running, may be 

 inclined to get their heads into, or according as they 

 may be more or less disposed to pull at the rider. 



The top or head part of a gag-rein is flat for about 

 eighteen inches. The edges of the rein should after 

 this space be sewn together, and made perfectly round 

 for nearly a foot on each side, so as to admit of this 

 working freely through the ring of the gag bit or 

 snaffle. From the round part, the rein is left flat for 

 the length of a common snaffle or bridle rein. These 

 reins are generally used by the boys when they are 

 riding young ones in their exercise, to keep up the 

 heads of such as are apt to pull and bore with their 

 heads too low or too close to the ground. 



The reins I have here described, when applied to 

 such horses as may require them, are of infinite service. 

 They are to to enable the rider to get up a horse's head, 

 and to keep it in its proper place, which empoweis 

 him more easily to hold a horse as he may be going 



