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pain, which, with it, is momentary, and not continuous, as 

 with the other ; it is not so liable to slip off ; it can be 

 retained in position for any reasonable length of time, to 

 be used as required ; it has a good effect on the horse's 

 temper, and not a bad one, like the ordinary twitch ; by its 

 application we can dispense with its use in favour of a 

 simple word of command ; and it does not make the horse 

 shy of having his muzzle or mouth touched. The fact of 

 numbers of horses being rendered difficult to bridle by the 



Fig- 39- Halter-twitch applied. 



employment of the ordinary twitch will naturally occur to 

 the reader. The general substitution of the rope-twitch 

 (see following paragraph) for the ordinary one is highly 

 desirable. I may point out that if, when the ordinary 

 twitch has been twisted up tightly, its stick be struck or 

 jerked, on the animal moving, it will doubtless have a 

 deterrent effect, as well as that produced by the needless 

 infliction of continued pain. 



THE ROPE-TWITCH. 



Everything I have said in the preceding paragraph in 

 favour of tjie halter-twitch, applies still more strongly tg 



