A colt’s bit should be large and smooth snaffle

A colt’s bit should be large and smooth snaffle

A colt’s bit should be large and smooth snaffle

A colt’s bit should be large and smooth snaffle, with players to keep his mouth moist.

Dick Christian liked a bit for young horses as thick as his thumb we don’t know how thick that was and four and a half inches between the cheeks; and there was no better judge than Dick.

The Germans use a wooden bit to make a horse’s mouth, and good judges think they are right, as it may not be so unpleasant as metal to begin with; but wood or iron, the bridle should be properly put on, a point often neglected, and a fertile source of restiveness. There is as much need to fit a bridle to the length of a horse’s head, as to buckle the girths of the saddle.