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The Curb, Etc. 



the necessity of a constant attention to the proper 

 management of the curb, by means of which a 

 correspondence is kept up between the mouth of 

 the horse and the hand of the rider. When judi- 

 ciously held, it occasions a playful action of the 

 horse's mouth. It is by a firm, easy, and light 

 hand only that the sensibility and freshness of 

 feeling of the horse's mouth, so essential in riding, 

 can be preserved. 



