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possible for the colt to throw him off. Lead him around for ten of 

 fifteen minutes in this way. Then you can let go of the boy's legs, 

 and one man can lead the colt. Be very careful to caution the rider 

 not to touch his heels to the colt's side. Lead him around, say for 

 ten or twenty minutes. Let the driver dismount and mount him 

 again. Then put the colt away. In two or three hours bring him 

 out again and get on him. If he should make any attempt to 

 throw the rider the second time, let him take the left-hand line in 

 four inches shorter than the other. That pulls the colt's head 

 around to his side and sets him on a whirl. After he has whirled 

 around six or eight times he becomes a little dizzy. You can then 

 straighten up on the lines and say, "Get up," and he will move oS 

 nicely. Work as easy with him as you possibly can. I would advise 

 that all colts, before being rode, should be thrown. Then you will 

 have no difficulty whatever. 



Handling and Driving a Colt. 



Teach him not to be afraid of all kinds of objects. In the hand- 

 ling of a colt for driving purposes, first take an ordinary open bridle 

 and straight bar bit and a surcingle, or a pad of harness, and run 

 the lines through the thill straps of the harness; then step back 

 behind the colt and take hold of the lines and commence to teach him 

 to turn right and left by the bit. Never teach him more than one 

 thing at a time. After you get him so he will turn quickly to the 

 right and left by line, you then can teach him the word " whoa.'* 

 Then after this has been accomplished teach him to back. Ther, 

 before ever putting a colt before a wagon, be sure you have him 

 thoroughly bitted and have taught him all of the above commands. 

 Now, before hitching the colt, you want to make him familiar wiih 

 everything that will be liable to frighten him on the start, such as 

 umbrellas, tin pans, paper, fire- crackers, buffalo robes, blankets, top 

 carriages, and in fact every object that frightens many of our horses 

 and makes them run away. In order to control the colt, teach him 

 that these objects are harmless, in the following manner: 



Buckle an ordinary hame strap around each front limb below the 

 fetlock joint ; then take a rope twenty feet long, tie one end of thii 



