TRAINING OF HORSES. "7 
tie a similar string to.the ring on the offside of the bit, 
and bring it in the same manner over the head and 
down the near-side. You will thereby get the proper 
length, and by attaching the strings together at the 
point where they cross the face, you will have the meas- 
ure to the place where the straps of the check are to 
join from the bit. Take the measure from the’ horse 
which is to wear it. Take a strap about an inch wide, 
the length of the strings, allowing for a buckle and 
loop; slit the leather up as far as the point where 
the strings crossed, leave a half an inch, then slit the 
leather the rest of its length. Attach a buckle to each 
of the shorter ends, and form a gag-runner on each of 
the longer ends, rounding the leathers. Buckle your 
shorter ends to your check-bit. Take your head-stall, 
and an inch each way from the centre on the top of the 
head place a loop ; put the bit in the mouth, and pass the 
longer ends of the “Overdraw Check;” through the 
loops on top of the head-stall; then attach an ordi- 
nary check-rein, with buckles on both sides, to. the 
check-bit, and pass it through the gag-runners on the 
end of the “ Overdraw Check,” (instead of those usual- 
ly belonging to a head-stall ;) just before the point where 
the check-reins join the check-hook fasten the ¢heck- 
rein together with a rivet, so that, when hooked on, it 
ean not slip back and forth through the cheek-hook. 
Care should be exercised to have the check-rein properly 
tightened. This will have a tendency to throw the 
nose out, giving the horse breath and a graceful carriage. 
