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your whip at your right side, patting and caressing 

 on the neck with your right hand ; in a few moments 

 try it again. 'By repeating this a few times, he will 

 learn what you mean by saying "back, sir." He is 

 now ready to harness. 



SiLl>diiiug tlie Colt. 



The plan for subjugating wild colts and vicious 

 horses, has been experimented upon more than all 

 other points in horsemanship. At present there are 

 five different modes of operating, as follows : Mr. J. 

 S. Rarey's plan of strapping the foot ; Messrs. Rock- 

 well & Hurlbut's whirling until he staggers, or falls 

 to the ground ; Messrs. D. Magner & Dudley claim 

 to have an improvement upon the last named by 

 tying a loop in the end of his tail, taking the tie strap 

 of the halter, pass it through the loop, bringing his 

 head to his side, and tied fast to the tail ; he then, 

 with a bow-top whip, steps behind the horse, cracks 

 him sharp in the quarters, and keeps him whirling 

 urftil he falls. Another plan, as introduced by Prof 

 Hamilton, is to procure a piece of rein webbing ten 

 feet in length, attach one end to the ankle of the left 

 forward foot, made fast with a timber hitch, which is 

 made thus : take the end of the webbing, carry it to 

 the inside of the pastern, bring it around the ankle 

 to the outside, thence under the main webbing over 

 to the outside and back of the pastern, then pass the 

 end under and up through between the ankle and 

 webbing, passing the end through twice, and slipped 



