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colt to make four or five steps on three legs. If he is inclined to 

 be wil^ he will rear, pitch and plunge in the air, but it is impossi- 

 ble for him to get his foot away; but as soon as he finds out that he 

 is fast he will give up; you can unbuckle the strap and loosen his 

 foot and you then have his limb under perfect control. Now this is 

 only one front limb; the other must be handled the same way. 



Question. How would you break a colt to ride ? 



Anszoer. First put on a riding bridle and an ordinary surcingle. 

 Let one man stand on the off side of the colt with his right hand 

 on the bridle bit, and another man stand on the nigh side of the colt 

 Avith his left hand holding the bridle bit. Then take a boy and let 

 him mount the colt. The moment he is on the colt's back, the man 

 on the off side, with his left hand, takes hold of the boy's leg, and the 

 man on the nigh side also takes hold of the boy's leg with his right 

 hand. Xow, if the colt should plunge, there are two of you to hold 

 him, and at the same time you are holding on to the boy, and it is im- 



