lO Contents. 



TAGS 



correct seat or method of riding— Weight carried by some 

 cavalry horses compared with that carried by hunters and 

 racers — Average daily work of a man carrying a burden 

 compared with that of a horse under various circumstances 

 and at various degrees of speed 94-108 



PART II. 



BITS AND BITTING. 



CHAPTER I. 

 GENERAL PRINCIPLES. 



Vulgar idea of hard and soft-mouthed horses— The horse's head 

 and neck levers, by means of which the animal's body may 

 be steered like a boat by the tiller — Baucher's ideas of the 

 position of the head and neck — Rational handling contrasted 

 with ordinary horse-breaking — Bitting must be suited to 

 style of riding— Value of good and careful bitting in the 

 handhng of young horses, and the prevention of restiveness 

 — Its great importance for cavalry 11 1-122 



CHAPTER II. 



THE NECK— THE HEAD — THE MOUTH — THE TONGUE — CARRIAGE 

 — FEELING. 



Varieties of shapes, etc., of horses' necks — Influence of this on 

 direction of pull of reins — Influence of military pack on the 

 same — Ditto of shape of horse's head and mode in which it 

 is set on neck — The head considered as a lever — Horses that 

 poke out their noses or bend their necks too much — Width 

 between jaws — Glands situated here — Conformation of 

 horse's chin, nose, lips, chin-groove, externally ; of mouth 

 and tongue internally — Average dimensions of some parts 

 of horses' mouths — The tongue-channel — Carriage of horse's 

 head and neck must be suited to kind of work demanded — 

 Carriage for military purposes, for racing, for hunting, for 

 road-riding 123- 145 



