Note 64 — RIDING.
Reading edition
The Saddle (Fig. 1).—a, pommel; b, cantle; c, panel; d, flaps; e, stirrup leather; f, girths.
Bridles (Fig. 2)—a, b, headstall with the cheekstraps; c, do. of the curb; d, do. of the bridoon or snaffle passing through it over the poll; e, nosetrap (seldom found in any but military bridles), f, throatlash. Fig. 3. A twisted snaffle-bit. Fig. 4. A plain snaffle-bit. Fig. 5. A Weymouth curb, with chain and chainstrap (a) attached. Fig. 6. A common curb-bit, with the upset in the mouthpiece.