x.] COLT-BREAKING. 



not to advance ; the result is that he collects himself to 

 the bit. Here, then, the common theory would make him 

 to be taken up and collected, not between the hands and 

 legs, not " dans la main et dans les talons," but dans 

 the sides of the stall and dans the horse brush. It is pre- 

 cisely the same as putting the horse between the pillars 

 in a manege, which is an admirable explanatory practice 

 to a horse. With the whip in skilful hands, the sides of 

 the stall give infinite advantage over the pillars in the 

 manege ; both teach the horse the same lesson, namely, 

 that when urged up to the bit that is, when urged 

 and retained at the same time these contradictory 

 indications mean that he is required to collect himself. 

 Anything which facilitates the understanding of this bit 

 of information is of infinite value ; for the colt, like the 

 satyr in the fable, is apt to kick against this blowing hot 

 and blowing cold at the same time. Mount the colt, and 

 try these opposite indications; he will do anything but 

 obey them, anything but collect himself. If you insist, 

 he will resist. He will end in overt acts of rebellion, or 



