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who, like myseK, have suffered inconvenience 

 and accident from the leaping-head heing a 

 fixture, and not in the position required to 

 afford a proper degree of support, and at the 

 same time to admit of the stirrup-leather 

 being used of correct length for an easy, 

 secure, and graceful seat. The improvement 

 of the new saddle consists in a sliding socket 

 or apparatus, by which the leaping-head can 

 l)e moved freely backward or forward to any 

 position, and instantly fixed firmly by the rider 

 herseK, thus f ^bhng a lady to alter at any 

 time the lengtJi of her stirrup, and yet gain 

 every requisite "'irport from the third crutch. 

 Another little innovation by the same ex- 

 perienced saddlers in riding bridles, an 

 adaptation of my favourite double-ring snaffle. 

 The loose rings of the snaffle have some extra 

 loops, appended to which is a short noseband, 

 acted upon by one rein, giving a powerful 

 effect in stopping a runaway horse, whilst the 

 use of the other rein singly has the pleasant 

 and easy nature of the ordinary snaffle-bridle. 

 The principle of this bridle, which is called 

 ^^the improved Newmarket snaffle," is, of 



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