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BREAKING ON FOOT. 



bearing-rein by a strap running down the centre of the 

 face. The bearing-rein can be fixed to the driving-pad or 

 saddle. This form of bearing-rein keeps the head up by 

 acting on the chin-groove, the bony surface of which is 

 smooth and rounded. As it in no way interferes with the 

 mouth, it is much superior to the ordinary kind, which 

 raises the head by pressing on the corners of the mouth. 



Fig. 8i. — Horse with bearing-rein. 



As a substitute for a bearing-rein, we may employ an 

 ordinary pair of riding reins put over the driving-pad. 



The standing martingale is attached to the rings of the 

 snaffle and to the girth of the driving-pad, and is lengthened 

 out as much as is compatible with its preventing the animal 

 from getting the snaffle off the bars of the lower jaw, and 

 on to the corners of the mouth (see page 96, and Fig. 9). 



