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No. 2 is shown in Plate 13. Take the thinner cord, 

 make a knot about six inches from one end, and pull 

 it tightly ; then make another about six inches from 

 it, and leave it open ; pass the end with tight knot in 

 through the mouth, and bring the end of cord round 

 lower jaw and pass it through the open knot, and 

 work it up quite tightly against lower jaw ; pass end 

 over neck, close to wither, and pass end through the 

 part round jaw, pulling it down towards the ground, 

 then hold it or tie it with a single slip bow, which 

 only requires to be undone, and the twitch is now 

 effective. Care should be taken not to permit the 

 part round neck to slip up. 



No. 3. — For runaway horses in saddle. Pass the 

 end of cord back to whip hand instead of tying it as in 

 No. 2 ; let the cord be loose on neck till required, then 

 pull it sharply ; no horse can run away. 



No. 4. — Put on as in No. 2, but don't tie it ; pass 

 end through mouth and back to whip hand, a much 

 more severe action than in No. 3. 



No. 5. — For rearing horses in saddle. Fix on jaw 

 same as No. 2 ; pass end through the breast plate, and 

 a ring fixed in belly of surcingle, and up to whip hand. 

 Directly any inclination is shown to rear, apply the 

 twitch. I have cured the most dangerous and in- 

 veterate saddle rearers with this twitch. 



No. 6. — For rearing in harness. Same as in No. 5, 



