2012, ISBN: 9781130973907

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ... I am not a believer in a lot of fancy bits. Bit collecting has a fascination for most of us at some period of our hunting career, but like most collections it is somewhat expensive, as I don't think we often use our fancy varieties. The Girths Bridle truth is that a horse which will not go in a double bridle, light or heavy according to the amount of spoiling his mouth has undergone, will not go comfortably for long in any bridle the lorimer can fashion, and is, therefore, no horse for a hunting stable. Many hard pullers will go all right for a few days in some new bit, and you fancy that you have at last defeated them; but it is generally only for a time. As soon as they have become accustomed to the new form of restraint they find out how to defeat it and you, and pull as hard as ever. A form of bit which I have a great fancy for is the ' Ben Morgan,' recommended by Major Fisher in his excellent work 'Stable and Saddle Room.' You can hardly call this a fancy bit. It is merely a half moon turned the reverse way, and I have found several horses and ponies which did not go quite kindly in an ordinary bit and bridoon go nicely in this, and there is nothing to irritate or upset the lightest-mouthed horse. My advice is, do not ride a horse in a flying country in a snaffle bridle. You will have falls if you do. A number of horses come over from Ireland which have never had anything but a snaffle in their mouths before, but to my mind they are not perfect hunters till they have been taught not to fight against a light double bridle, and they can all be taught this by a man with good hands and a little patience. I can quite understand that in Ireland, or any bank country, a horse may go better and more safely in a plain snaffle bridle; but in this form of bit the... Weight:0.2 lbs, RareBooksClub.com, 3/6/2012 0:00:00<