CONTENTS 



PACK 



FOREWORD - ix 



PREFACE xi 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS - xvii 



CHAPTER I 



The Stable Foreword to Colt-training How to Break a Colt 

 Confidence in Man Mouthing and Driving in Long 

 Reins The First Drive in Harness Shoeing the Colt - 21 



CHAPTER II 

 Breaking the Colt to Saddle How to Teach the Colt to Jump - 55 



CHAPTER III 



" Gee-ology " or Phrenology in Horses The Strait Jacket 

 The Master Hand The Pulling Rope The Master Rein 

 The Way to Throw a Horse - 65 



CHAPTER IV 



The Kicking Horse The Nappy Horse, or Jibber Breaking a 

 Runaway Horse Biting and Snapping The Rearing Horse 

 The Nervous Horse Shying 81 



CHAPTER V 



Dealers' Tricks and How to Avoid Them Type Conformation 

 Sound Legs Broken Wind The Roarer Unnerving 

 The Use of Drugs Advertising Unsound Horses The Age 



