Contents, X I 



CHAPTER III. 



THE CAVESSON — SNAFFLE — NOSEBAND — TRAINING-HALTER — 

 RUNNING-REINS. 



PAGB 



The snaffle the simplest and best of all forms of bit — Requires 

 good, steady seat — Various forms of snaffle — Their relative 

 value — The noseband, its use — Difficulties about it — Von 

 Oeynhausen's training-halter — Where the snaffle should be 

 put in the horse's mouth — Martingals — Seeger's running- 

 reins 146-157 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE LEVER — THE BIT AND CURB — THE BRIDLE. 



With a plain snaffle there is no lever power — Orders of levers — 

 Lever of second order gives the action required for a bit — 

 The curb should not exert the slightest degree of painful 

 action — "Whatever maybe required of this should be exerted 

 by mouthpiece, the less the better— Consequences of curb 

 producing a greater amount of painful action than mouth- 

 piece — Length of the bars of bit, whence measured — Line of 

 bearing — Length of upper bar of bit — A bit '* falls through" 

 or stands stiff: why? — Effects of both — Angle at which reins 

 should act on bit — Dimensions of lower bar of bit— Curb, 

 length of— Position for mouthpiece in horse's mouth — Best 

 form of curb — Curb-hooks— Mouthpiece of bit— Port, use 

 of— Rings on mouthpieces, their use — Jointed mouthpieces 

 — Pelham — Dumpy-bit— Method of adjusting bit and bridle 

 — The bridoon 158-ii 



CHAPTER V. 



TAKING MEASURE FOR THE BIT — THE MOUTH-GAUGE — THE 

 TRIAL-BIT. 



Description of these instruments and methods of using 



them 190 196 



