THE HoPiSE EDUCATOIL 



nOAV TO BIT A COLT AND MAKE A 

 BKIDLE. 



(See Engraving payii A!2.) 



^^j^ipHE object aimed at in bitting a liorse is to 

 Sb gi^e an easy position yvith a liigli and gTace- 

 ful carriage of the head ; and, in our efforts to do 

 this, we must be careful not to give him a dead 

 bearing on the bit, or make him what is usually 

 known as a lugger. All the bitting rigs which 

 we have examined, and especially the English 

 made, are objectional as having a tendency to 

 produce this bad result. The rig which we here 



