INDIAN WAR BRIDLE. 139 



The Indian war bridle is a kind of twitch which 

 appears to have been invented by the North American 

 Indians many years ago. To apply it, make a loop 

 which will not run (see Fig. 40) at the end of a rope ; 

 place this loop in the horse's mouth ; pass the other end 

 of the rope over the animal's neck from the ofif side (sup- 

 posing that the operator is on the near side) and through 



Fig. 48. — Indian war bridle. 



the loop ; tighten the rope, so as to make the horse draw 

 his ihead in ; and fix it by a running knot. It will then 

 form a very severe means of restriction (see Figs. 48 and 

 49), by reason of the painful pressure which the rope will 

 exert on the bars of the mouth. It can be loosened in 

 a moment by pulling on the free end of the rope. I have 

 given up the use of the Indian war bridle ; because its 



