....he is such a gentleman to ride, always willing and wants to please. As mentioned before in another thread, my experience with Paints is they tend to worry about stuff, so you have to give them time to figure things out, and then you are good to go.As for the gear, most of the time I wear full leg chaps called "shotguns" but today I opted for shorter ones with a long fringe called "chinks" which are popular in the buckaroo country of the Great Basin region; Nevada/Oregon. They are cooler in the warm weather and It was a little warm today....the reins are braided horsehair, and one continuous long line that works with a snaffle bit. It attaches to the bit with "slobber leathers". This particular setup is called a "Mecate"or "McCarty"...it provides a get down line tucked into my belt, helps when getting on and off to have a lead line, and might be your last life line if your horse bucked you off in the middle of nowhere...hang on and hope he doesn't head for home without you....
