BEARING-REIN. 



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be to irritate the horse, or to render insensitive the part 

 upon which it is appHed. The snaffle I use has a 

 flat, steel core, to give it the required stiffness. The 

 addition, at the back of the lower jaw, of a strap which 

 is a continuation, on both sides, of the leather that 

 covers the mouthpiece, prevents the bit from being liable 



Ficr. 80. — Front view of bearinii-rein. 



to be drawn through the mouth, and enables the driver 

 (whether on foot or in a trap) or rider to pull the 

 horse's head round by acting on the lower jaw. The 

 bearing-rein (see Figs. 79, 80 and 81) has a nose-band 

 which comes under the lower jaw, in the chin-groove, below 

 the mouthpiece of the snaffle, and is connected to the 



