AND SCHOOL A HORSE. 61 



will spoil his temper, and he acquires 

 a contempt for the authority that is 

 tardily enforced. 



At six months of age the colt should 

 be broken to follow with the halter, 

 and be made to submit at a time when 

 his resistance cannot have such suc- 

 cess as to encourage him in rebelKon. 

 At two years of age he should be made 

 to bear the saddle without repugnance, 

 and to know the effects of the bit. If 

 he is intended for riding purposes he 

 should never be put in a bitting- 

 machine, as all contrivances of that 

 kind teach him to bear upon the hand, 

 a habit that is incompatible with per- 

 fect manners. But, from the time 

 he is two years old, he should be 

 lunged, at intervals that will insure 



