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1: Driving — Allertoii, a steel jointed snaffle, rubber covered; 

 Allie Wilkes, rawhide covered with pork rind, for a tender 

 mouth; Adjustable curb, curb overdraw; Axtel, rawhide, 

 covered with leather ; Baldwin, a straight bar with half guards 

 for pullers and side pullers; Britt, bar bit for pullers; Case's 

 easy check, with chin rest; Cribbing bit; Cribbing and wind 

 sucking, for preventing wind sucking and cribbing ; Crit Davis, 

 overcheck, with loop bar to prevent lugging; Colby, leather, 

 with adjustable nose band; Colt mouthing; Chain, a plain 

 chain mouth-bit with rings ; Dexter, jointed bar, or stiff, plain 

 I'ing W' ith no cheek-piece ; Double-bar, overcheck, to prevent lug- 

 ging; Dan Mace snaffle; Ellis' all-leather, overcheck; Fair- 

 banks check, leather covered ; Four-ring ; Furlong, for pullers ; 

 Flexible, rubber track, a wrought chain, rubber covered; 

 Golden, plain bar, half guards ; Hanscom, flexible mouth-bit, 

 leather covered; Henry check, plain bar; Hercules rubber, a 

 double jointed snaffle, rubber covered, with half guards; 

 Imperial, for tongue lolling; J. I. C, wath double bar, half 

 guards ; Leather, leather covering a w^rought chain ; Lever over- 

 check, to prevent pulling; Lindsey humane, with chain rest 

 and overdraw check attachment ; Magic safety, adjustable bar 

 with rings ; Miles' sensible controlling, for tongue lollers ; 

 Merriam's pulley; Ne Plus Ultra, a double arched bar; 

 Nodine, rubber covered, with half guards ; Perfection, jointed 

 snaffle and double bar, for pullers and tongue lollers; Plain 

 overcheck, plain or jointed, with rings; Racine, double bar; 

 Rockwell; Rowley Spring, rubber covered; Prof. Sanborn's 

 controlling, jointed bar, wdth ball, and inside rings for nose 

 band ; Squires' Hercules, a double-jointed snaffle ; Springsteen, 

 a hinge-bar, with extra rings for overcheck, the hinge not 

 allowing the check-pieces to come close together; Sloat's 

 automatic curb; Squires' humane driving; Stalkers' breaking; 

 Tongue lolling, a stiff bar with center pad, rubber covered; 

 Victor, jointed snaffle for side pullers ; W., mouth bit for pul- 

 lers; Wilson, four-ring, with plain joint, or middle joint; 

 Woodmansee, for pullers. 2 : Riding — Burgess' combination, 

 a double jointed bit with half guards ; Dan Mace, hand forged 

 steel, plain bar; Daniels' English steel port; English riding 

 bridoon ; Frost's rubber covered ; Kentucky racking, curved 

 cheek; Norton bit; Pelham, jointed bar; Rockwell, jointed 

 snaffle; WHiitman riding; Wilson, single or double joint, 

 buckle overchecks, and cheeks with small rings. 3 : Coach 

 hits — Balloon check, sliding mouth; Buxton, sliding mouth, 

 loose cheek; Duke's bend; Hanoverian, both stiff and loose 

 check, Avrought bar, two loops ; Liverpool, sliding mouth ; Pul- 

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