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to make him revolve, or may force him to lie 

 down, and hold him with his head turned round, 

 as described on page 158, until he gives in. 



As many horses, especially Australian buck- 

 jumpers, are very shy of being touched with the 

 heels, or even gripped closely with the knees, it 

 is well to try if the animal we have in hand is 

 affected with this form of timidity. For this 

 object, we may gently prod the horse with the 

 rounded end of a pole, in the ribs, while an 

 assistant takes him round with the leading-rein, 

 until he ceases to mind the touch of the pole. A 

 few applications of the rope-twitch (see page 113), 

 will also have a good effect in rendering him 

 quiet in this respect. We may now get an 

 assistant to catch hold of the mane, on the near 

 side, with his left hand, the stirrup-iron with his 

 right hand, and go through the various stages of 

 mounting, beginning with putting his left foot in the 

 stirrup (see Fig. 47), catching the pommel or cantle 

 of the saddle, as he sees fit, with the right hand, and 



