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with the long stick, I gradually approach him, until I get my 

 hand off his mane. I then withdraw the stick by degrees, 

 " gentle " his crest with my hand, and try to slip a rope noose 

 over his head and under his upper lip. This forms a very 

 effective twitch which inflicts no pain on the animal unless the 

 rope is jerked, which I do only when my pupil "plays up." 



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FIG. 28. Remount with Arab Cross. 



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As I accompany the effective though by no means severe 

 correction by the word "steady!" modulated in tone accord- 

 ing to the pain inflicted, the animal quickly connects the idea 

 of punishment with the voice and not with the twitch. 

 Having obtained sufficient control, 1 make the animal quiet 

 to be handled all over either by tying him head and tail 



