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pany these efforts — handling him, touching him about the 

 nose and head, and patting him, as you are directed to do, 

 after administering the articles, may have a very great effect, 

 which is mistaken for the effect of the ingredients used. 



Approaching a Colt. — In order to take horses as we 

 find them, of all kinds, and to train them to our liking, we 

 should always take with us, when we go into a stable to train 



& colt, a long switch whip 

 (whalebone buggy whips are 

 the best) with a good silk 

 cracker, so as to cut keenly 

 and make a sharp report. 

 STRAP FOK THE OFF FORE LEG. (See p. 370.) Tbls, If haudlcd wlth dcxter- 

 ity, and rightly applied, accompanied with a sharp, fierce word, 

 will be sufficient to enliven the spirits of any horse. With 

 this whip in your right hand, with the lash pointing backward, 

 enter the stable alone. It is a great disadvantage in training 

 a horse to have any one in the stable with you ; you should be 

 entirely alone, so as to have nothing but yourself to attract 

 his attention. If he is wild, you will soon see him on the 

 opposite side of the stable from you ; and now is the time to 

 use a little judgment. 



Accordingly, when you have entered the stable, stand still, 

 and let your horse look at you a minute or two, and as soon 

 as he is settled in one place, approach bim slowly, with both 

 arms stationary, your right hanging by your side, holding the 

 whip as directed, and the left bent at the elbow, with your 

 hand projecting. As you approach him, go not too much 

 toward his head or croup, so as not to make him move either 

 forward or backward, thus keeping your horse stationary j if 



