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is fastened to two rings of the snaffle, and passes under 

 the horse's chin. At the middle of this strap there is 

 attached another, i, three or four inches long, at the end 

 of which there is a stout smooth ring, c, an inch or more 

 in diameter. There is a strap, k, around the neck which 

 supports another, I, that passes back to the girth of the 

 saddle, as with the ordinary martingale ; but this latter 

 strap, instead of being split into two parts, as in the 



Fig. 10.— BUUNING-BEra. 



martingale, extends six or eight inches beyond the neck- 

 strap, where it carries another smooth ring, b, somewhat 

 larger than the one under the chin. These rings are bet- 

 ter made of iYory ; but iron, if smooth, would answer 

 tolerably well. The " running-rein," e to /, is of the 

 width of an ordinary bridle-strap, eight and a half feet 

 long. It not made of one piece of leather, its joints 

 should not be within two feet of the center. One of its 



