Bridles ([Fig. 2])—a, b, headstall with the cheekstraps; c, do. of the curb; d, do. of the bridoon or snaffle passing through it over the poll; e, nosetrap (seldom found in any but military bridles), f, throatlash. [Fig. 3]. A twisted snaffle-bit. Fig. 4. A plain snaffle-bit. [Fig. 5]. A Weymouth curb, with chain and chainstrap (a) attached. [Fig. 6]. A common curb-bit, with the upset in the mouthpiece.
THE HORSE AND EQUIPMENTS.
[Plates XXXIV.], [XXXV.] f. 1 give better ideas of the horse and his equipments than the longest and most detailed description. The reader will therefore examine them in succession. We have here only to add those circumstances as to the equipment of the horse, which could not be communicated by that otherwise briefer and more impressive method.
The shoes of a horse have much to do with his, and consequently with his rider’s, comfort. It is therefore important to know that he is properly shod. To effect this, the shoe should be fitted to the foot, and not the foot to the shoe.
Plate XXXIV
Horse Equipments.
Plate XXXV