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CHAPTER X. 

 COLT-BREAKING. 



Colt-breaking is the best possible lesson for the rider. The head-stall. 

 The snaffle. Loiigeing. Saddling. Mounting. Sermon to the 

 colt-breaker. The noblest horse resists the most. The horse has a 

 natural right to resist. The colt wants no suppling. He wants to be 

 taught the meaning of your indications. -And to be brought to obey 

 them. The leaping-bar. Fetch and carry. 



THE very best lesson for a horseman, young or old, is Colt-break- 

 ing tbe best 



colt-breaking ; and if in the attempt the young horseman ky 

 fails to do the colt justice, he will at least do him less 

 injury than the country colt-breaker, or the generality of 

 grooms. 



I shall detail the plan of an old horseman ; though, 

 perchance, its want of " dresses, scenery, and decoration" 

 may offend, my chief implements being a stick, some 

 string, and some carrots. 



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