The snaffle may be added when he goes freely in the head-stall

The snaffle may be added when he goes freely in the head-stall

The snaffle may be added when he goes freely in the head-stall

The snaffle may be added when he goes freely in the head-stall.

A colt should never be buckled to the pillar reins by his bit, but by the head-stall; for if tightly buckled to the bit, he will bear heavily even go to sleep: raw lip, which, when cured, becomes callous, is the result. Yet nothing is more common than to see colts standing for hours on the bit, with reins tightly buckled to the demi-jockey, under the ignorant notion of giving him a mouth, or setting up his head in the right place. The latter, if not done by nature, can only be done, if ever, by delicate, skilful hands.