40 THE HOESE EDUCATOE. 



give 3'oii, is entirely free from this objection, and 

 is better calculated to produce the desired result 

 of ease and gracefulness, than any ever before 

 presented to the public. Our rig, instead of 

 bearing on the jawbones, whenever the horse 

 presses his weight u^^on the bit, producing a 

 calloused jaw and indifference to the bit, con- 

 tracts the side muscles of the cheeks on the molar 

 teeth with a pain the horse cannot endure ; he 

 hfts his head, the bit falls on the side rein, and 

 the mouth is at once relieved. Practice has 

 shown that horses bitted with this rig soon ac- 

 quire the habit of gently and gi-acefully raising 

 the head, with that occasional toss, or upv>-ard 

 and downward motion and pla^'ing with the bit, 

 which is the perfection of beauty in a carriage 

 horse while standing in the harness. 



It is not possible for a horse with our rig, to 

 become a "lugger ;" this bit never bears upon the 

 jawbone with more than a light pressure, and 

 when he attempts to rest his head iipon the bit, 



