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BITS AND BRIDLE GEAR. 



a " hard and sharp " bridle. A bridoon may be any form of 

 snaffle ; but as a rule, it has no cheeks (Fig. 68). 



The chief varieties of snaffles are : 



I. The smooth single-jointed snaffle, which may have rings 



Y\%. 29. Racing Snaffle. 



without cheeks (Fig. 29), or may have rings and cheeks 

 (Fig. 30). 



2. The double-joiiited snaffle (Fig. 31). 



3. The unjointed snaffle, the mouth-piece of which as a 

 rule is slightly curved and is then termed a half -moon 

 snaffle (Figs. 32 and 33). This is my favourite snaffle, for 

 reasons I shall give on pages 68 and 69. 



