36 HUMANE HORSE-TRAINING 



" Come here, boy ! " several times. If he should turn 

 his heels towards you to kick or to run away, draw him 

 a lash behind the heels below the hocks, and say, " Come 

 here ! " 



Colts of different temperaments respond differently 

 to the whip. You will, of course, use your judgment 

 according to the type of colt you are training. 



Be careful when using the whip not to overdo it or 

 upset the colt and frighten him. The idea of using 

 the whip as described is, firstly, to attract the colt's 

 attention to you ; secondly, to compel the colt to do 

 as you wish. This method has no tendency to make the 

 horse vicious ; and, curiously enough, the more alarmed 

 a colt is at the mysterious whip the more quickly he is 

 likely to obey you. As soon as he turns his head towards 

 you, place the whip under your left arm and approach 

 the colt on the left side and stroke him gently ; draw 

 the whip quietly out from under your arm and lay it 

 gently across the colt's nose, and let him feel it ; then 

 take a step backwards and say, " Come here ! " If 

 you step to the right the colt will move to the left. 

 When he moves, pat him and make a fuss of him, and say, 

 " Come on, boy ! " Look him straight in the eye and 

 draw back a few more steps ; slightly draw your whip 

 around his hocks and place your left hand on the 



