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METHODS OF HORSE-CONTROL. 



THE NOOSE-TWITCH 



(see page 165) is applied by means of a rope, at one end of 

 which a loop that will not run (see Fig. 40) is made. The 

 other end of the rope is thrown over the upper part of the 

 horse's neck and passed through the loop ; a stick with a 

 crooked handle being utilised if necessary. While keeping 



Fig. 41. Pratt's twitch, first portion. 



the fixed loop high up on the animal's cheek, the noose is 

 manipulated so as to come under the upper lip, when it 

 should be drawn tightly (see Fig. 44). It may be used in 

 the same manner as the rope-twitch or the halter-twitch. 



THE HEADSTALL-TWITCH. 



Fig. 45 will explain this ready and effective method of 

 applying the twitch. The rope is passed through the upper 

 ring of the cheek-piece of the head-stall, and is tied on to 



