198 Training Wild and Subduing Vicious Horses 



stationary loop. With the right hand hold this loop 

 on the left side of the horse's head, and with the left 

 hand place the free end of the rope over the head 

 just back of the ears, down the right side and in the 

 mouth just under the upper lip and on top of the 

 teeth, and then up through the loop being held in the 



right hand, and the 

 twitch is completed 

 (Fig. 52). 



In case the horse is 

 very wild, it will re- 

 quire some manipu- 

 lation to get this 

 twitch in place. One 

 can often facilitate 

 the work by employ- 

 ing a crooked stick, 

 especially if the horse 

 strikes or bites at the 

 operator. 



Halter-twitch. — To 

 make this twitch, use 

 the rope halter described (p. 189), or any common rope 

 halter; with the right hand hold the lead rope close 

 to the halter, and with the left hand pass the free end 

 over the head just back of the ears and down the right 

 side, through the mouth just under the upper lip and 

 then up around the rope in the right hand, and the 

 twitch is complete (Fig. 53). This makes a very 



Fig. 53. — Halter-twitch. 



