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Another device that is very useful in subduing vicious 

 horses is the Galvayne appliance. In this a rope is 

 attached to the tail by a series of half hitches so that it 

 will not come off, and has sufficient length remaining to 

 extend to the halter. The horse's head is then turned 

 around and the rope which is attached to the tail tied 

 short into the halter so that the horse's head will be 

 cramped to one side. He is then turned loose in the soft 

 dirt of the corral and allowed to whirl himself around until 

 he becomes more or less sluggish. After this he is allowed 

 to straighten himself out and put back to work. If he 

 still fights another treatment should be given. This is a 

 very handy arrangement in that it uses the horse's own 

 energy and will power to help subdue himself, and it is 

 very efficient. (See Plate XIV.) 



A bridle, known as a war bridle, is often used in the con- 

 trolling of the wilder horses. This is made with a soft 

 rope three-eighths of an inch in diameter and about twenty 

 to twenty-five feet long. A small loop is tied in one end 

 just large enough to go in the horse's mouth and around 

 the lower jaw. This is placed in the animal's mouth 

 with the Imot and free end on the right side, bringing the 

 free end up over the head and down through the loop in 

 the mouth, thus completing the bridle. A modification 

 of this may be made by putting the free end again over 

 the top of the head from left to right, around the right 

 side through the mouth, and then through the part which 

 passes over the head. The severity of this last hitch may 

 be increased by putting the rope which passes through the 

 mouth last just under the upper lip, thus forming a twitch. 

 A bridle of this kind should only be used when absolutely 

 necessary as it can be very severe. All of these hitches 

 are useful, but can be made instruments of torture if they 



