76 THE HOESE EDUCATOE. 



LUGGERS OX THE BIT. 



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UCKLE a pail' of straps about twelve inclies 

 (^3^ long, with a ring at one end, and a bnckle 

 at the other to the check piece, and let the 

 straps x^ass through the rings of the bits on 

 either side, buckle the lines to the rings on 

 these straps instead of the rings of the bit, this 

 forms a gag similar to the French twitch gag 

 and is a powei-ful means of controlling the month 

 of a hard pnlHng horse. 



