Hi Michael:

Well you gave me the answer I was looking for...the Bit for a Horse;
actually a Bit is a "Bite(of metal)" and it all happened due to Men
and Women of Old trying to put a Ring in a Horse's nostrils.

Well I'll be a blue nosed gopher! Thanks for "enlightening me".

So due to I peruse many Horse Forums and how I read of many sick and
or lame Horses I can only conlude this:

"No wonder so many Horses are "not well"; as Due to the "toxic
nature of natural elements(Metals); and due to the Horse
being "forced" to wear this Metal as a Bit; ingesting all that metal
in the Saliva; coupled with metal horse-shoes and nails...Ye Gads!!!-
- In bitlessbridle@yahoogroups.com, "Michael" <equiforme@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Anne,
>
> Thanks for the comments on my new website, even though it is not
yet
> finished!
>
> The bit came about by man's desire to control the horse. The first
> attempt was to put a ring through the horse's nose. The septum
would
> tear and scar, and eventually, the control aspect became a little
> less effective. People tried to find another sensitive place and
so
> devised the metal in the mouth.
>
> This worked well for humans. Out of sight, out of mind was
> convenient. The damage to the horse is not as visually evident.
Even
> today, people who 'love' their horse tend to not see the look on
the
> horse's face, the eyes popping out or grimaces due to pain from
the
> bit.
>
> The mouth and tongue is mucous membrane. Getting 'use' to pain
does
> not apply here.
>
> The founders of the original haute ecole in France were the most
> humane at the time, but still used the bit. Initiates to the
school
> were made to wear a bridle (made for a human head) with a bit.
> Another student of the school would work the reins. No one would
> forget the pain induced by the bit felt first-hand and that was
their
> lesson in regards to respecting the horse with one.
>
> The DVD mentioned previously covers the effects of the bit in more
> detail. I have a free sample download of an extract of the film
> (although the bit section is not specifically covered in this one)
> You can view it by clicking here (or copy/paste the address):
>
> http://www.haute-ecole.ru/images/he/perst.html
>
>
> Michael
>