112 PUTTING THE TONGUE OUT OF THE MOUTH. 



to have the smith make a mouth-piece, as represented in the 

 cut below, which is seen to be bent up, and comes so high in 

 the mouth that the horse cannot get the tongue over : this 

 works perfectly and is not inconvenient to drive with. It 



should be bent 

 up at least 2! 

 to 3 inches and 

 come well out 

 to the cheek- 

 pieces and filed 

 smoothly to 

 prevent cut- 

 ting or chafing 

 the mouth. 

 The tongue is 

 sometimes, but 

 not often, put 



out under the bit. The following treatment will work well : 

 Get three middling sized bullets, and hammer them out to 

 about an inch and a half in length. Drill a little hole 

 through the end of each. Tie one to the centre of the bit 

 by a little piece of wire through the joint. Attach the others 

 to the bit about an inch from the centre (one on each side), 

 so as to play 

 loosely. (See 

 cut.) 



When this 

 bit is now in 

 the mouth, 

 these extra 

 arrangements 

 will so d i s- 

 concert the 

 horse that in 

 his struggles 

 to get them 

 out of the way, 



he will forget to put the tongue out. The next best way 

 is to buckle a strap around the nose so that the mouth can- 

 not be opened. This, of course, prevents the tongue being 

 put out ; and, kept in a few days successfully, the habit of do- 

 ing so will be completely broken up. 



