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Title: Modern polo
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Miller, Edward Darley, 1865-1930 Hayes, M. Horace (Matthew Horace), 1842-1904
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London : Hurst and Blackett, limited
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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Fig. 53.—Mohawk bridle. examine our ponies mouths, particularly the bars ofthe mouth and the parts under the tongue, which byrough handling are apt to be cut severely, with thepossible result of an abscess or diseased bone. Weshould also look at the chin-groove, to see if it has beenhurt by the curb chain ; and at the corners of the lips,which are apt to get cut by the snaffle. Having, on one occasion, cut the bars of a ponysmouth under the tongue by the use of the bit shownin Fig. 53, I substituted for it a Kerro bit (Fig. 30), 134 POLO PONY GEAR. (Chap. VI. in which I continued to play the pony, and had himwell in a week. An animal with a sore chin should be
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CM^^ ^ ^l ^()i 7i 81:1)1 llOIllFiri! i^! Fig. 54.—Curb with gag snaffle and leather guards. played without a curb chain, or, if that is not practic-able, the curb chain should be provided with a leatheror felt guard, or passed through an india-rubber tube BITS AND BRIDLES. 135 about 4 inches long. If the corners of the lips becomechafed, I would recommend a half-moon Pelham to besubstituted for the double bridle, or leather guards, asin Fig. 54, to be used, in order to protect the cornersof the lips from contact with the rings of the bridoon.The curb chain must always hang outside the rings ofthe Pelham (Fig. 31). Besides, this method ofadjustment has the effect of making the curb chain liein the right place. All half-moon Pelhams should bemade in this manner.

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