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stand. We should continue the instruction, until 

 he will jump it without reins. To attain this, 

 when he is loose, we may have to keep on the 

 standing martingale, or use side-reins ; so as to 



FiG.51. The knot on offside of Comanche bridle enlarged. 



obtain the necessary control. We may, then, 

 substitute, for the dummy, the real horse, and 

 teach him to stand perfectly still, by means of 

 the rope-twitch (see page 113). All that, now, 



