LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Author Frontispiece 



Facing page 



Colt-training The Confidence Lesson - - 34 



The Sluggish Colt 35 



The Humane Method of Mouthing - 46 



Training the Colt to Unfamiliar Objects - 46 



The Old Method and Jaw-breaking Bit - 47 



The Indian War Bridle - 56 



First Time in Long Reins - 57 



The Strait-jacket - 70 



The Master Hand - 71 



The Master Rein - 80 



The Pulling-rope - 81 



"Throwing" a Horse - 90 



The Horse on His Side, after "Throwing" 91 



The Master Rein and Long Reins Ready for Action - 100 



The Runaway Under Control - - 101 



The Rearing Horse Taken by Surprise - no 



The Rearing Horse On the Knees - in 



Teaching Colt the Use of the Breeching - 124 



The Nappy Horse with Pulling Rope - - 125 



The Shetland Pony, "Jean" - - 134 



The Nerve-pressure Bridle Capt. Meeke and the Author - 135 



Handling the Colt's Legs - 154 



Gaining the Colt's Confidence - 155 



British-bred Trotting Stallion^ "Lord Hummer" - 164 



American Trotting Stallion, "Sir Todd II." - 165 



A Robinson Hooded Buggy - 165 



Welsh Pony Stallion, " Emlyn Cymro Llwyd " - - 180 



Champion Welsh Pony Stallion, "Bleddfa Shooting Star" - 181 



