On Dec 31, 2007, at 10:42 AM, Mic Rushen wrote:
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:35:07 -0500, you wrote:
I’m sure there was a
noseband, and I think it was dropped – maybe Mic has the picture.
Here she is. Pics by John Freeman. It's a flash.
Mic
What the h--- is that leather piece going through the slit in the cheek
piece right above the bar of the bit?! Geeze! That slit in the cheek
pieces is to attach a gamarrilla
(http://www.peruviantack.com/headgear.html) -- a plain leather or
hinged metal piece that runs OVER the nose and limits how much pressure
the bit can put on the bars of the mouth (I use a gamarilla when trail
riding where a stumble or something might cause me to jerk on the bit,
and when someone whose hands might be heavy is riding my horse.
The problem isn't the Peruvian bit, but rather the idiot human who put
it on!
Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA
http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/
