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The founding bridles · 12.1
Four bridles, one rein
No two are cut alike, and all four end in the same place — a curb bit, a light contact, a single rein carried in one hand.
Four bridles; one rein — each country in its own leather and iron, the light hand held in common.
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The founding bridles · 12.1
The four national bridles — different in form, meeting in the single curb rein
Fig. 12.1 · Four bridles, one rein
Each rider carries a different bridle into the arena, and every one is ridden toward the same single rein.