160 AMERICAN STABLE GUIDE. 



rider. In harness, tlie same contrivance can with equal 

 effect be applied. 



Whatever deference may be paid to a favorite groom or 

 coachman in matters of the stable, allow no change from a 

 curb-bit with chain curb, under any circumstances, " be- 

 cause," as a faithful coachman said to us the other day, 

 '• they may be wanted were they not on." It is the want 

 of a thing that more forcibly and frequently attests its 

 •value, for by its use we are apt to overlook its true worth 

 by its saving influence. 



