CHAPTER YI. 



HOW TO TRAIN A COLT. 



" With a glancing eye and curving mane, 

 He neighs and champs on the bridle-rein : 

 One spring, and his saddled back I press ; 

 And ours is a common happiness. 

 'Tis the rapture of motion ; a hurrying cloud 

 When the loosened winds are breathing loud ; 

 A shaft from the painted Indian's bow ; 

 A bird, — in the pride of speed we go." 



Upon the proper education of the colt his entire use- 

 fulness depends. Whether the young life shall prove a 

 source of blessing or of trouble to man will be decided 

 by the manner in which he is trained. The education 

 of horses is a question, therefore, of supreme importance 

 to the public, in the discussion of which every one is 

 interested. We approach it with the profound desire 

 to give such, and only such, suggestions as shall quicken 

 profitable thought, and result in giving to young horses 

 a better preparation for man's service than they now, 

 on the average, receive. 



From the time the colt is born, he should be taught to 



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