Excerpt from The Lady and Her Horse: Being Hints Selected From Various Sources and Compiled Into a System of EquitationThe reins should be soft, ¿exible, and of a good quality, the rein which is attached to the curb-bit is usually fastened in the centre by a sewing, while that attached to the snaf¿e may be known, by its having a small buckle in the centre.Throat-strap should not be buckled too tightly, but only sufficiently so, to prevent the headstalls Of the bridle, from getting out. Of place.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.