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used to it you can unloop the scabbard and let it have 



full play. In a day or two it will make no objection to 



carry it, when you can put the sword in, and use it to 



be quietly drawn and replaced, and in a short time 



with kind words and gentle usage you can draw the 



sword with a sharp ring and it will take no notice. 



Next you can proceed to wave the sword above its 



head, and to cut, parry, and point, without your horse 



moving a leg or ear. If you are rough and harsh with 



the colt, you cannot teach it as much in a month as a 



kind man can m three days. Our horse now knows 



that the sword is not meant to hurt it, so we will now 



use the pistol. We first accustom it to seeing us hold 



out the pistol at arm's length, then we snap a cap. He 



will start and prick his ears, and kind reassuring words 



are now wanted. When you have quieted him, snap 



another cap, and he will start again, but will not take 



so much notice as at first, and in a short time you can 



snap as many caps as you like without it taking any 



notice. You must now place a very small quantity 



of gunpowder in the pistol, to make a report a little 



louder than the cap and cause a little smoke, and as your 



colt gets used to the report you can increase it until you 



get a full charge. When it will stand the use of the 



pistol, you can then use the carbine, and the colt will 



be now made a broken charger. We will next put it 



into harness. It may not be required for harness, but 



like man it cannot learn too much. Many horses are put 



into harness before they are half broken to the saddle, 



their owners being impatient, and often so parsimonious 



that they will not allow the breaker time to teach the 



