2i2 ILLUSTRATED HORSE-BREAKING. 



CHAPTER IX. 



BREAKING HORSES TO HARNESS. 



THE place which I prefer to all others, for 

 breaking a horse to harness, is an enclosure about 

 thirty yards square, the ground of which is level, 

 and hard enough to allow the wheels to run 

 smoothly. 



Whether intended partially for saddle purposes, 

 or not, I would advise that the horse should be 

 broken in the manner already described, before 

 trying him between the shafts. Before putting 

 him in, we should circle him for half-an-hour or 

 more, with the long reins on foot (see page 172), 

 and get an assistant, while the animal is going 

 round, to gentle him under the belly and about 



