1 36 THROUGH STABLE AND SADDLE-ROOM. 



The snaffle. 



Ordinary bit and bridoon. 



' Pelham.' 



' Ben Morgan.' 



All other bits I set aside as being- more or less 

 fancy bits, and not adapted for the use of 

 ordinary people, and also as being either too severe 

 for any but the most finished horsemen to use, or 

 utter rubbish. 



Snaffles may be classed as follows, viz. : Plain, 

 twisted, and gag — and whichever of these they 

 may be, the mouthpiece should be large, so as 

 not to cut the corners of a horse's mouth. A 

 plain snaffle is made perfectly plain and smooth 

 in the mouthpiece, which latter is jointed in the- 

 middle. 



A twisted snaffle has the two pieces forming the 

 mouthpiece twisted. Either of these may be made 

 with single or double rings (the latter is the more 

 powerful and the better pattern), or with check- 

 pieces, which may be made to fit into a standing 

 loop on the check-strap of the headstall, in which 

 case they are generally made flat, or to act in- 

 dependently. The former is a good plan, and 

 gives a slightly increased bearing, and keeps the 

 bit from working through the mouth. 



