. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . t also, in manycases, works excellently by thepressure it throws upon the jawslaterally, thereby making it agood form of bit for cases thatwill not rein easily, or that willpull on one side. Next, comesthe Four-ring Bit, which, withits improvement, is a very sim-ple but powerful means of con-trolling doubtful, head-strong,lugging horses. It is particularly well adapted for the easydriving of side-reiners. The fourth and last is the PatentBridle, which has been designed especially for the directcontrol of head-strong, runaway horses. The Power of
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . t also, in manycases, works excellently by thepressure it throws upon the jawslaterally, thereby making it agood form of bit for cases thatwill not rein easily, or that willpull on one side. Next, comesthe Four-ring Bit, which, withits improvement, is a very sim-ple but powerful means of con-trolling doubtful, head-strong,lugging horses. It is particularly well adapted for the easydriving of side-reiners. The fourth and last is the PatentBridle, which has been designed especially for the directcontrol of head-strong, runaway horses. The Power of the Patent Bridle is so great that whenproperly adjusted it is very difficult for a horse to makeany prolonged resistance to it. It acts in three importantways : First, in its most severe form it produces such in-tense pain in connection with its great power upon themouth, that it is very difficult for any horse to resist its re-straint ; second, in proportion to the resistance, if any,it brings such a pressure upon the spinal cord that it be-. FiG. 193 .—The Patent Bridle. THE PATENT BETDLE. 26^
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