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able and easier to handle. This is much 

 more efficient than the twitch generally 

 in use, and has the great advantage of 

 neither frightening nor hurting him. A 

 horse that has been twitched on the ear 



never forgets it, and some become, in 

 consequence, so shy of letting you ap- 

 proach their ears at all, that it is a work 

 of time and difficulty to get a bridle on. 

 On the contrary, a horse never has any 

 objection to renewing his acquaintance 

 with the Indian bridle, and you can 

 always put it in his mouth after it has 

 once been there. 



If a horse is so vicious that it is danger- 

 ous to approach him, drive him into a 

 stall and then close him in. Take your 

 ash pole and drive a nail into it about 



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