Combined Bridle and Twitch 



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a very efficient bridle for controlling stubborn and re- 

 fractory horses. Sometimes this bridle is made by 

 using a third ring instead of a pulley (Fig. 49). 



Pulley bridle modified. — In making this bridle, 

 neither rings nor pulley are used. Use a rope sim- 

 ilar to that suggested in making the Yankee bridle 

 (p. 189), and tie a 

 small loop in one end 

 and insert in the 

 horse's mouth as in 

 the war bridle (p. 191) . 

 Now carry the free 

 end over the head 

 two inches back of 

 the ears and down 

 the left side just a 

 little below the eye; 

 with the right hand 

 hold the rope here, 

 and with the left 

 double the free end back over the head again imme- 

 diately back of the ears, carry the free end down the 

 right side and through the mouth, then up and through 

 the rope you are holding with the right hand, then 

 down through the loop in the mouth, and the bridle 

 is completed (Fig. 50). As with the other modified 

 bridles, the severity of this one can be greatly in- 

 creased by placing the last rope just under the upper 

 lip, thus making a twitch, 



Fig. 50. — Pulley bridle modified. 



