1 82 EDUCATING THE HORSE. 



I am unwilling to pass on to another illustra- 

 tion without more fully impressing on the minds 

 of those who raise or break colts the necessity 

 of kind and careful usage in educating their ani- 

 mals. Never approach your colt quickly. Never 

 pull the halter or bridle off quickly. Always 

 handle the colt's ears with great care. Never 

 punish him on the body with anything but a 

 whip, and with it as seldom. as possible, as many 

 colts become sulky and show signs of balking 

 when severely whipped. It is better that you 

 should give your colt two or three lessons each 

 day, as heretofore directed, at intervals of say 

 two hours apart: by this means you do not 

 overtax his brain, nor cause him to get weary. 

 In this, as in many other cases, the wisest course 

 is to " make haste slowly." 



