CONTENTS. xi 



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nabs. — Chambering saddles. — Side-saddles and sore 

 backs.— Back -stays.— Cause and prevention of sore 

 backs in ladies' horses.— Proper position for a lady on 

 side - saddle. — Improper seat. — Safety stirrups for 

 ladies 101 



CHAPTEE XIV. 



Bridles. — Headstalls. —Buckles. — Browbands. — Eeins. 



Parts of a bridle.— Double- rein snaffles.— Bits.— 



Shape of a horse's mouth.— Hard and soft mouths.— 

 Spoiled mouths.— How to fit a bit in a horse's mouth.— 

 Curb.— Throat - lash.— Noseband.— Variety of bits. — 

 The temptation of a saddler's shop.— Fancy bits. — 

 Useful bits. — Useless bits. — Snaffles. — Use of two 

 snaffles.— Gag-snaffles.— Bits and bridoons.— Too severe 

 bits.— The grid-iron.— Curb-save.— Lip-straps.— Ward- 

 bits.— Bit -mouthpieces. —Instrument for measuring a 

 horse's mouth.— The « Pelham ' bit.— ' Ben Morgan' 

 bit.— 'Ben Morgan' bit for driving.— Breast-plates.— 

 Fitting of breast - plates. — Martingales. — Standing 

 martingales.— Eein-rings.— How to saddle a horse.— 

 Cleaning of saddlery.— Evils of saddle-paste.— Care in 

 cleaning saddle-flaps.— Prices of saddlery - 129 



CHAPTEE XV. 



Harness. — Parts of harness. — Headstall. — Bit. — 

 Bridoon - hangers . — Buckles . — Harness furniture . — 

 Metal browbands.— Evils of old-fashioned driving-bit.— 

 'Liverpool' bits.— Sliding ports.— Use of bit-bars.- 

 Blinkers.— Crest-brushes.— Collars.— Hames.— Hames- 

 rings.— Saddle-terrets.— Danger of bearing-rein hooks. 

 -Back-band.— Tugs.— Belly-band.— ' Tilbury ' tugs.— 

 Crupper.— Breeching.— Traces.— Spare traces.— Kick- 

 ing-straps.— Eeins.— Billets.— Use and abuse of bearing- 

 reins.— Harness-cleaning, black and brown.— Brass- 

 work.— How to clean patent leather.— Harness-cleaning 



