98 COLT-BREAKING. [CHAP. 



I have always said that the colt is half broken when 

 he will come to your whistle or call in the field, and eat 

 carrots out of your hand ; and that he is quite broken 

 when you have got the head-stall on him. 



The colt should wear a head-stall from the earliest days, 



and be held by the head while he is rubbed and caressed. 



The head- If this has been neglected, get him into a loose box ; 



stall. 



take the front off the head-stall, described page 125. 

 Do not (as is the common error in this and in bridling) 

 face the colt, and hold out the head-stall with both hands, 

 as if you wished to frighten him ; but keep the head-stall 

 in your left hand, caress the colt with your right hand, 

 and, with your right shoulder to his left shoulder, pass 

 the right hand under his jaws on to the front part of his 

 head. Bring the left hand up to the right, and, with a 

 hand on each cheek-strap, pass the top over the ears on 

 to the neck, if you can. Fasten the throat-lash tight 

 enough to prevent its being rubbed over the ears. Tie 

 a piece of cord, a yard long, to the off side, D, of the 

 head-stall; pass the cord through the near side, D. 



