ROPE-TWITCH. 



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practised his art many years ago in the States. Pratt calls 

 it " the double-hitch Bonaparte bridle." It is made as 

 follows : take a rope and make a simple knot with it at one 

 end, at a distance of about eighteen inches from which 

 make another knot loosely, and pass the first knot through 

 the second, so as to form a loop which will not draw tightly 



Fig. 41. — Pratt's twitch, first portion. 



(see Fig. 40). Make a halter by taking a turn of the rope 

 through the fixed loop (see Fig. 41). Place this halter over 

 the horse's head, and the loop in his mouth. Make a half 

 hitch with the free part of the rope, pass it over the horse's 

 head and under his upper lip, and draw it moderately tight 

 (see Figs. 42 and 43). By making the fixed loop long, one 

 can obtain more power than with the halter-twitch. 



