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You see, by gently pulling with your right, and push- 

 ing with your left, you carry his nose back in the 

 direction of his chest ; that position gives him an 

 arched neck, that is the first position of the head ; 

 the second is to carry his head well up ; to accom- 

 plish this, it is necessary to step about four feet in 

 front of your colt's head, with the cord in your right 

 hand, and give a light pull forward- and upward, 

 saying, hold up your head, sir, another pull, at the 

 same time repeating the word, (hold up your head.) 

 The next move is to educate him to come to the rein 

 quick to the right and left ; now with your cord step 

 to the left side of the colt (eight or ten feet back) and 

 give him a sudden pull, and then to the right side, 

 and give him another pull with the cord. By repeat- 

 ing the lesson about twenty minutes each day, for 

 three or four days, your colt is well bitted ; he will 

 come to the rein quick and handy. The next is to 

 make him acquainted with the bit. 



To ^et the Colt it«»ed to tlie Bit. 



Nothing is more desirable tlian to have a horse 

 carry his head and neck gracefully. To effect a 

 graceful carriage of a horse's head and neck, various 

 apparatus have been devised — one of which is the 

 common old-fashioned bitting harness, and I must 

 say I am bitterly opposed to its use. The practice 

 which has been adopted b}^ most farmers, of placing 

 the bitting harness on the horse, and buckling up 

 his head as high as they well can — also, drawing 



