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still like a philosopher until the confasion is stopped and you com- 

 mand him to get up. When he gets up caress him by patting him 

 on the neck, giving him an apple, &g. Xow, give the colt this 

 same lesson every day for three or four days and you will soon see the 

 practical utility of this teaching when you come to drive him, as 

 you will have a young horse that will not be afraid of bands of mu- 

 sic or any sudden noises which he may come in contact with, and 

 he will always remember the lesson. 



The above instruction is equally applicable to a kicking horse, but 

 in his education he will require more lessons before the habit will be 

 entirely removed. Still, kindness and a little patience will soon ac- 

 complish all you desire. 



Men in general exercise too little patience in the training of their 

 colts, and they frequently expect to accomplish more in a short 

 space of time than can possibly be performed. Yet the time really 

 required, when measured by days, is so short as to be really surpris. 

 ing. Let us suppose that in training a colt one were to spend two 

 hours a day for ten days, which is the longest time that could possi-* 

 bly be needed. Compute the time at ten hours to a day, and the 

 whole amounts fco but two days, at the end of which he would have 

 a well educated animal. I doubt if a farmer or horse raiser could 

 employ his time more profitably in any other way than in thor- 

 oughly educating his colts, as he thus enhances their value, for 

 there is no sensible man who would not give fifty dollars more for a 

 properly educated animal than for one improperly trained. 



Question, How would you hitch a colt by the halter the first 

 time? 



Answer, Take a rope twenty feet long, making a slip-knot in one 

 end, passmg it around the body in front of the colt's hind legs, with 

 the knot directly under the horse's belly, bringing the other end be- 

 tween his front legs, then up through the halter; then hitch him 

 to the manger or post, throwing the halter strap over his back so as 

 to be out of the way. Bo sure and have a halter with a strong head 

 stall. Then step in front of him and show him a parasol, beat a 

 drum, doing anything and everything you can to frighten him, be- 



