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Fig. 45. — War bridle. 



Fig. -iO. — War bridle modified. 



free end up over the 

 head, down the right 

 side and through the 

 loop at the mouth, 

 thus completing the 

 bridle (Fig. 45). In 

 Europe this bridle is 

 often referred to as 

 the Comanche bridle. 

 War bridle modi- 

 fied. — Pass the free 

 end of the rope over 

 the horse's head, just 

 back of the ears, 

 down the right side, 

 through the mouth, 

 and then through the 

 part which passes 

 over the head and the 

 bridle is completed 

 (Fig. 46). The se- 

 verity of this bridle 

 may be increased as 

 suggested in the 

 Yankee bridle modi- 

 fied, by passing the 

 latter rope just under 

 the upper lip, thus 

 forming a twitch. 



