24 COLT TRAINING. 



that, if he would happen to get scared at anything, as 

 soon as it hears your voice it will want to go right up 

 to the object that it was frightened at without even the 

 use of lines. 



It would be almost fatal to success to allow the 

 colt to resist at any time through carelessness, as it 

 would make him very cunning and doubtful, which 

 would require very careful management to overcome. 

 Give the colt four or five drives with an open vehicle, 

 and then you can get it used to a top buggy about as 

 follows: before you hitch him up allow him to feel of 

 the top with his nose, next take your lines out of the 

 terete rings and run them through the thill straps of 

 the harness; get behind him and drive him with the 

 lines, while you have an assistant walk by your side 

 with an umbrella, opening it, just a little at a time, 

 or so much as the colt will bear without exciting fear; 

 drive the colt around in this manner until he will bear 

 the umbrella carried behind him wide open, without 

 causing any fear. You may now hitch him to the bug- 

 gy with the top down, and while driving, test him 

 again with the umbrella; but if he shows much fear 

 of it while hitched up, you can use the single foot 

 strap. After he becomes perf»ectly indifferent to having 

 the umbrella open behind him, you may next have your 

 assistant raise the top by degrees. You will find that 



