An Antique Curb Bit with Segundo Mouthpiece by Long - Bit941 aug24 The cap also has a

The cap also has a ring with a silk wrist cord

The whip has its original stitched leather keeper or tongue at its end

There is also a strap on the back with a brass D-ring on each end

The port supports a ring that would pass around the horse's lower jaw to act as a curb

An Antique Curb Bit with Segundo Mouthpiece by Long - Bit941 aug24 The cap also has aThis antique steel bit has slim straight swinging cheeks which can move through 90 degrees, and a Segundo mouthpiece with a port that narrows at its base. Don Juan de Segundo designed several mouthpieces and described and illustrated them in "A Treatise on the Bitting of Horses", part of Benjamin Latchford's 1885 book, "The Loriner". One cheek of the bit is stamped with a crown & "VR" and the maker's or retailer's stamp "Long". The other cheek is