TONGUE OVER BIT. 



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GETTING THE TONGUE OVER THE BIT 



Is a very troublesome trick ; because it generally lessens 

 the rider's power of control over his mount, and often 

 prompts the animal to pull. With a curb, the gridiron bit 

 (Fig. 54), is a perfect preventive against this vice. As 



Fig. 209. Plate to prevent horse getting 

 his tongue over the bit. 



Fig. 210. Side view of plate 

 shown in Fig. 209. 



already stated, a horse is less liable to want to put his tongue 

 over a Langham-Reed port (Fig. 96), than over one which 

 has an ordinary port. 



The usual plan adopted, in order to stop a horse getting 

 his tongue over the mouth-piece, is to shorten the cheek-pieces 



