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BITS AND BRIDLE GEAR 



By this means no sewing will be required. Stops may be 

 improvised by drawing the billets of the buckles of the reins, 

 and bending them back (Fig. 75)- If the loose rings of a 



Fig. 75. Stop on Rein. 



curb are small (which they should not be, see page 82), and a 

 running martingale is placed on the curb reins, the rings of 

 the martingale will be apt to catch on the loose rings of the 

 bit, if these loose rings occupy the usual vertical position; 



Fig. 76. Loose Ring of Curb attached horizontally. 



but will not do so if the loose rings, as recommended by Mr. 

 John Hubert Moore, are attached horizontally (Fig. ^6). 

 The great danger of the rings of a martingale catching on the 



