Scaife ATLAS

On the Cavalry Commander (10.7-10.8)

urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-eng2:10.7-10.8

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In case, however, he takes no account of it because of its smoothness, and keeps bearing against it, we put large discs on the smooth bit to stop this, so that they may force him to open his mouth and drop the bit. It is possible also to make the rough bit adaptable by wrapping[*] it up and tightening the reins.[*]

But whatever be the pattern of the bits, they must all be flexible. For wherever a horse seizes a stiff one, he holds the whole of it against his jaws, just as you lift the whole of a spit wherever you take hold of it.

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