6o HOW TO RIDE 



acquires a contempt for tlie 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 success as 

 to encourage him in rebellion. 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 in- 

 compatible with j^crfect manners. But, 

 from the time he is two years old, he 

 should be lunged, at intervals that will 

 insure his retainino; that which is taudit 

 liim, with the cavesson. 



