Hayes, M. Horace, Brown, J. H. Oswald (Illus.) · Hurst and Blackett, Ltd. (London) · leaf 139
122 METHODS OF HORSE-CONTROL. THE NOOSE-TWITCH . (see page 165) is applied by means of a rope, at one end of which a loop that will not run (see Fig. 40) is made. The other end of the rope is thrown over the upper part of the horse’s neck and passed through the loop; a stick with a crooked handle… … Fig, 41.—Pratt’s twitch, first portion. the fixed loop high up on the animal’s cheek, the noose is manipulated so as to come under the upper lip, when it should be drawn tightly (see Fig. 44). It may be used in the same manner as the rope-twitch or the halter-twitch. THE HEADSTALL-TWITCH. Fig. 45…
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