1 38 The Com pleat Horfeman: or y 



Branches are faften'd, if not well rivetted, are fub- 

 je& to flip, fo that a Man is then left to his Horfe's 

 Difcretion : But the ends of a Scatch-Mouth can 

 never fail, becaufe of their being over-lapped, and 

 are therefore abfolutely moft fecure for vicious and 

 iil-naturd Horfes. 



Of a Canon-Mouth with the Liberty after Mr. Pig- 

 natePj fajhion. 



This is proper for a Horfe with a large Tongue 

 and round Bars •, feeing it is not at all fupported by 

 the Tongue, but only a little by his Lips. A Man 

 Ihould take care never to work a Horfe with one 

 Rein, fo long as he is carrying one of thefe Bit- 

 Mouths, becaufe he would infallibly break and 

 lpoii his Bars. 



Sir William Hope defcribes it in this manner : c It is 

 c a Bitt with a gentle falling and moving up and 

 1 down, and the Liberty fo low as not to hurt the 

 * roof of the Horfe's Mouth ,' which is the bed Bitt 

 certainly for all Horfes which have any thing of 

 a big Tongue, and therefore recommends that Li- 

 berty above all things in Bitts, with the Branches 

 A la Cone f: able . Plate 3. Fig. 6. 



I {hall pafs over the reft of the Bitt-Mouths men- 

 tioned by our Author, fuch as thofe with Pears, 

 Balls, Melons, &c. there being no fuch rude Bitt- 

 Mouths now to be feen, but in (lead thereof People 

 now make ufc of ftrong and hardy Branches. 



Some are of opinion, that there is no better way 

 to fit a Horfe exa&ly with a Bitt, than to have a 

 great many Bitts by them, and change them, until 

 they fall upon that they would have : But be fure at 

 firftto give him a gentle one, rather than a rude, 

 and fee that it be right lodged in his Mouth, that 

 is, not fo high as to make him frumple his Lips, nor 

 fo low as to reft upon his Tuflies. 



This 



