22 COLT TRAINING. 



buckle a foot strap with a ring in it, round the off 

 front foot below the fetlock joint ; next take a half inch 

 cotton rope, fifteen feet long with a snap on one end; 

 have a ring in the belly-band of your harness, run 

 the snap through the ring at the girth, down through 

 the ring in foot strap, up, and snap into the ring attach- 

 ed to the belly-band. You then have a double pur- 

 chase on the colt's front leg. If it wants to get away 

 or turn around, draw on your rope and you will have 

 him on three legs. You can easily control him when 

 you have him on three legs. 



After these lessons have been given, you are ready 

 for driving the colt. Your next work will be to famil- 

 iarize the colt to objects of fear. The first time your 

 colt gets frightened at a stone, stump, or anything 

 else that might be along the roaji side, be sure that you 

 take him right up to it and allow him to examine, f eei 

 of it with his nose, and be convinced that the object 

 is harmless. In order to do this successfully you 

 should talk to the colt like this : ''Take care ! Look 

 out ! Be easy, It will not hurt you. Walk right up 

 to it, sir !" and after he has walked up to it say Whoa 

 and allow him to stand by it until it ceases to attract 

 his attention. If you will practice this for the first 

 three or four drives upon every occasion, you will be sur- 

 prised to see the effect it will have on 3^our colt. Attev 



