METHODS OF HORSE-CONTROL. 



The bridle-twitch. — This is a useful and ready means 

 for making the horse stand quietly after he has been bridled, 

 and is appHed by passing one of the snaffle-reins under the 



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Fig. 47. — Bridle-twitch, ofif-side view. 



upper lip, and drawing it tightly to the opposite side (see 

 Figs. 46 and 47). I was shown this twitch by Mr. Esa, 

 of the firm of Shaikh Ibrahim & Co., Poona, India. 



