ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: Question regarding bit hangers

Re: Question regarding bit hangers

Chris Paus (paus@micoks.net)
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 20:32:00 -0600

I was at a ride this summer where it was so hot here in Kansas that the
biothane tack heated to the point it melted the hair off one mare's face.
there was no hair where the bridle had been. She was gray, I don't know if
hair color ahd anything to do with it, but after that I decided not to use
biothane tack. Maybe it was just a freaky thing.

chris paus & star

At 09:36 AM 12/11/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Shortly after I purchased my mare, it became apparent that she was
>having a reaction to biothane. She would rub incessantly on trees or
>anything she could. Her sweat under the biothane was a rich, creamy
>lather, thick enough to make the old Prell shampoo commercials. My
>answer was exactly as you proposed. I use the thin Hamilton halter and
>purchased the bit hangers in nylon in a matching color from Teddy
>Lancaster at Running Bear. These clip directly to the rings you
>described. (do they even have a name??!). Instead of a bit, I use a
>very lightweight aluminum English-type hackamore. This has very short
>shanks, a leather and fleece nosepiece and a lightweight curb chain, a
>very gentle configuration. Teddy also has the aluminum shanks and they
>really make the hackamore very light. I have done several 50's and all
>my training for the last year in this combination without any trouble.
>The hangers aren't too pricey and Teddy can match colors to the Hamilton
>colors pretty well. Good luck!!
>
>Ps. Back in the young and foolish high school days, we would tie a bit
>to the halter with baling twine and use lead shanks for reins. Off we'd
>go, hither and yon, bombing across the Virginia hunt country without a
>care in the world. This too, on a "crazy Arab <g>"!!
>
>Barb, Wind Dancer (living up to her name in "sunny" Southern CA), and
>Whisper (retired on the Green Pastures of Maryland)
>
>

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