Chapter Six 

 THE WEANLING AND YEARLING 



Halter Breaking. Breaking to Bit. Beside a Lead Pony. 

 Ground- Breaking. Hooking to Cart. Shoeing. Develop- 

 ing Muscles and Speed. " Dr. Green." A Futurity Can- 

 didate. Feeding. The Yearling. 



ONE of the greatest pleasures of a trotting- 

 horse breeder comes when the time arrives 

 to break the weanling and continues 

 through the period of its first speed development, 

 for in this way and in this way only can the 

 breeder determine his success or failure. 



It will be remembered that in the previous chap- 

 ter I spoke of the care which the foal should 

 receive from birth up to that point when it is no 

 longer dependent on his dam and is called a 

 weanling. 



This chapter will treat of its care and atten- 

 tion from the time that it is first halter-broken 

 until it is technically a yearling. 



HALTER-BREAKING. 



After the colt has been entirely removed from 

 the influence of its mother it should be halter- 

 broken. 



Prepare for the colt a good, strong, five-ring 

 leather halter and put it on carefully. The halter 



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