CHAPTER III 



" BREAKING " 

 THE OBJECT OF BREAKING 



1. To encourage by good stable management, food, and 

 work the thorough development of the phj^sical power 

 of the young horse. 



2. To give him the first instruction in the aids, and 

 to prepare him for their discipline. 



It has therefore for its principal object, as has 

 already been stated, the gradual conditioning of the 

 young horse. The progressive handling, the time 

 spent in the special stables, where the young horse is 

 fed with corn and given a certain amount of exercise, 

 serve as a commencement of this training and help the 

 early efforts. 



Certain demands, military or physical, necessitate 

 the division of the breaking into several phases, each 

 of which has an object imposed by these obligations. 



PHASES.— The dates which fix the period of these 

 stages are — 



1. The beginning of January, when the early 

 training ought to be accomplished. 



2. The first days of March, Avhen the mobilization 

 training commences. 



3. The departure for the manoeuvres, which marks 



