Horses and riding . rb; third, adouble-reined bridle, formed of a snaffle and curbcombined; and fourth, a Pelham, which consists of acurb and snaffle in one piece, forming a double-reinedbridle, with two sets of reins and one bit. There are numerous ways of making, and patterns,and modifications, of each of these bridles, but theyall come under one of the four headings I have these four the double-reined bridle is the most EPJDLixa. 75 useful, the safest, and the most generally used ; andthe Pelham is the most useless, to my thinking. The double-reined bridle is composed of headstall,
Horses and riding . rb; third, adouble-reined bridle, formed of a snaffle and curbcombined; and fourth, a Pelham, which consists of acurb and snaffle in one piece, forming a double-reinedbridle, with two sets of reins and one bit. There are numerous ways of making, and patterns,and modifications, of each of these bridles, but theyall come under one of the four headings I have these four the double-reined bridle is the most EPJDLixa. 75 useful, the safest, and the most generally used ; andthe Pelham is the most useless, to my thinking. The double-reined bridle is composed of headstall,reins, and two bits, a snaffle and curb, the curb beingthe same as a single curb, and the snaffle the sameas a plain snaffle, with the exception of not havingbars of steel, called cheeks, attached to the rings towhich the leather part of the bridle is buckled. Theyare both made of a great variety of patterns andsizes, but the plainest patterns are the best, andthe sizes will depend on the horse they are Snaffles only differ in size and in being madeeither plain or twisted, of which the plain is the best. (Fig. 7.) Curb bits, as sold, are made in sizes ; that is, thelarger the size the more severe the bit is as a is a great mistake on the part of the makers,for the width and size of the bit must be regulatedby the size of a horses head and the width of hismouth; and severity of the bit should be regulatedacccording to how hard the horse pulls, without anyreference whatever to the size of his head. 76 HORSES AND PJDING. Thus, if a man lias a poii}^ with a hard mouth,and a large horse with a tender mouth, he will findhimself obliged either to put into the ponys mouth alight bit, with which he cannot hold him, or a bigbit, twice the width it ought to be; while with thetender-mouthed horse he will have the choice betweena little ponys bit, which will not go into his mouth,or a bit that fits him, but is too severe for him. The size of a curb bit depends on the
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