Re: RC: Re:CONTROL AND COURTESY

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/1/99 4:28:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
missdusty@yahoo.com writes:

<< .. my trainer and I fiddled around for awhile and
 discovered that he goes best in a pelham.  Not my first
 choice, but he likes it and I can use it.  Doesn't make
 much sense, but it works. >>

I rode for years on various horses with a short-shanked Hartwell pelham--it 
has loose shanks and a solid mild port mouthpiece.  Every horse I've used it 
on seemed EXTREMELY comfortable with it.  It wasn't a "severe" bit at all, 
and seemed fine for eating and drinking since the shanks only came down about 
to the chin.  Still, being a curb bit, for the well-trained horse, one could 
ride easily with one hand which was nice under some circumstances.

Heidi


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