PATENT BEIDLE. 77 



for these cases to make their management simple and easy, 

 I have invented this means of control. 



This-is an ordinary bit with a pulley in each ring. A 

 small, oval strap passes 

 under the head-piece of 

 the bridle, at each end 

 of which is a pulley 

 corresponding to those 

 attached to the bit. Tie 

 or buckle the ends of 

 the reins into the rings 

 of the bit, pass them 

 up through the pulleys 

 on the ends of the round 

 straps, thence back 

 through the pulleys in 

 the bit rings. On the 

 ends of these round pul- 



FIG. 75. Outline of Patent Bridle. 



ley reins, is stitched a 



small, strong ring. Another round, extra bit of strong, 

 flexible material (used only for very severe cases) is at- 

 tached to the main bit. (See cuts 75, 76.) This bridle 



gives great pulley power up 

 and backward, against the 

 most sensitive part of the 

 mouth, under the upper lip, 

 making it almost impossible 

 to resist an ordinary pull 

 upon the reins. In addition, 

 the fulcrum of whatever 



power is used being brought, by the rounded strap before 

 referred to, directly upon the spinal cord (as explained in 



