CH. XI 



LEAD-REIN 



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31^ inches long', covered with leather (Fig. 109), is 

 slipped on the coupling-rein in front of the loop (as 

 is frequently done on the snaffle-rein of a riding 

 bridle to keep the martingale ring from catching on 

 the buckle), and this bar is too long to go through 

 the terret. It must be strong, because a horse in shy- 

 ing, will bring it with great force against the terret. 

 It may be put upon the coupling-rein in front of the 

 loop, when there is a loop in front of the buckle (it 

 is obvious that with the loop a bar at the buckle 

 would be of no use) ; but it will not be so strongly 

 fastened at the loop as when it is supported by 

 the buckle ; this is a good reason for omitting the 

 loop. 



Another device for the same purpose is shown in 

 Fig. no : a piece of steel, somewhat narrower than 

 the rein, curved in section so as to increase its stiff- 

 ness, and covered with leather, is fastened at one 



Fig. iio. 



Fig. hi. 



end, by letting the tongue of the buckle pass through 

 the projecting leather, and at the other end by a loop 

 which holds it on the draught-rein. It will be seen 

 from the Figure that if the coupling-rein should 

 be pulled through the terret, it will be stopped, by 



the steel bar orettina- across the terret. 



The strain 



