FOUB-KING BIT. 



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it extremely easy on the mouth. The length must be reg- 

 ulated to the size of mouth, or about the average length of 

 driving-bits. 



FOUR-RING BIT. 



The Four-ring Bit is peculiar in respect to the sensibil- 

 ity it causes upon the roof of the mouth. While it is not 

 a bit that gives much direct power, the effect is such that 



FIG. 199. Slightly rounded, or flat 

 when not desired to be severe. 



Concave, with edges rounded, when 

 more severity is required. 



but few horses outside of lunging, runaway horses, can ef- 

 fectually pull against it. Hence a horse that with an or- 

 dinary bit would pull so hard as to make it extremely dif- 



FIG. 200. The rounded side of the bar. 



ficult to restrain and control him, more especially one that as 

 he warms up will pull harder, will scarcely pull at all upon 

 this bit, but will drive so easily as to hardly straighten the 

 reins. 



It is not, however, to be risked too much in the driving 

 of,a really dangerous horse ; for, as before stated, its suc- 

 cess depends more upon the sensibility it causes upon the 

 roof of the mouth than upon any real power it otherwise 



