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BITS AND BRIDLE GEAR. 



objection to this chain arrangement is that the noise it 

 produces, while the horse is being ridden, may prompt the 

 animal to throw his head about. Its cleaning will of course 

 add to the work of the groom. 



ACTION OF SNAFFLES. 



The legitimate action of a snaffle is to restrain the horse by 

 pressure on the bars of the mouth (p. 18) and on the tongue. 



Fig. 85. Action of Unjointed Snaffle 

 on Horse's Mouth. 



Fig. 86. Nutcracker action of Jointed 

 Snaffle on Horse's Mouth. 



In turning the horse to one side or the other ; the indication 

 is given by the cheek-piece pressing against the side of 

 the mouth, and also |by the head-stall of the bridle 

 pressing against the animal's cheek. It is evident that the 

 restraining indications afforded by the snaffle, will be most 

 direct and most simple when they are applied in the same 

 direction as the pull of the reins. Consequently, the 

 unjointed snaffle is truer in its action than the jointed 



