INTRODUCTION, 



M}' object in publishing this book, is to teach 

 persons who desire to learn, how properly to train a 

 colt, and to give some practical points and ideas in 

 subduing and educating horses that have acquired 

 bad habits, viz: Kicking, Balking, Sh3dng, Eunning 

 away. Halter Pulling, and vices of every description, 

 that horses are so liable to fall into when they are 

 improperly handled. 



The brutish man whose coarse nature makes him 

 desire to beat, jerk, kick, swear at, and otherwise ill- 

 treat his horse, will -find nothing in this book to en- 

 courage him to continue his brutal treatment, and 

 will therefore not find anj-thing to interest or profit 

 him. The only hope I have of that man i?, that I 

 may sell him a book (at the regular price) and that the 

 book may fall into the hands of his sons, and^that they 

 may know more at sixteen than their father at forty; 

 and thus save many a colt from abuse and being 

 worthless. 



The plan I use in teaching my System of Colt 

 Training and demonstrating the different UK-thods of 

 subduing vicious horses is as follows: I ha\e a large 

 tent that I instruct classes in. I then take a green 



