PREPARATORY REMARKS. 6 



with it unintentionally, thereby teasing and ex- 

 citing him, and moreover such a whip is useless 

 as an " aid." 



The ladifs bridle, should be, what is called a 

 double bitted bridle, consisting of a bit with a 

 curb -chain ; and a snaffle, two separate head-stalls, 

 united by one brow-band, each, with a separate 

 rein. 



The curb-hit is a very powerful implement, the 

 best for all purposes is a light one ; in choosing a 

 bit for a horse, the distance between the cheeks, 

 should accord with the width of the horse's mouth ; 

 they should be of an average length, and the mouth- 

 piece should be only sufficiently arched, to admit 

 of the horse's tongue passing freely underneath it. 

 The bit should be placed in the horse's mouth, 

 so that the mouth-piece be one inch above the 

 lower tusk, the curb chain should be laid flat, and 

 smooth under the jaw, and so loose, as to allow a 

 finger to pass freely inside of it. 



The snaffle acts as an auxiliary to the curb-bit, 

 and is placed above it in the horse's mouth, it 

 should bear slightly upon the corners of the mouth, 

 but not so as to wrinkle the cheeks. 



For a person who has not a light hand, the curb- 

 bit may, with advantage, be placed a little higher 

 in the horse's mouth ; and when the mouth may be 

 wanting in delicacy, it may be lowered a little, but 



