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Up and let him go again. If this does not answer, 

 drive him with the Yankee Bridle, without the rope, 

 attaching the lines to its bit without martingale. 



32— SHOEING THE COLT, (ROCKWELL). 



To prepare a colt for shoeing the first time, tie a 

 long strap around his neck, pass it along the near 

 side, between the hind legs, and bringing it around 

 the near hind leg, close up to the body, pass it under 

 the strap around the neck ; then draw upon the strap, 

 holding him meanwhile by the bridle. The colt will 

 probably be nervous at the pull, and you will loosen 

 it and caress him over the face and neck, gradually 

 tightening at each successive pull, using no words 

 but gentle ones, and not saying, " Whoa." When 

 he has become accustomed to that, lower the strap 

 to a point just above the hock, and gradually pull 

 upon the strap until you lift the leg, at the same time 

 pulling upon the bridle with a side or back pull, to 

 prevent his stepping forward. 



When you have thus succeeded in easily lifting 

 the leg pretty well up, you will find that you can 

 take it up with your hand and hold it. The same 

 process must of course be gone through with on the 

 other leg, and after about ten lessons, your colt is 

 ready to go to the blacksmith. The rule has usually 

 been to take the colt to the blacksmith first, but he 



