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to teach him, to submit to what he wants from habit ; 

 consequently he makes him do it by fatigue and in- 

 timidation. No one is pleased to be made to do what 

 he dislikes, nor does he like the person that makes 

 him do it. The colt in an ordinary way does not like 

 the saddle, still less the breaker on it ; so it amounts 

 to this we may fairly suppose the colt says, " I will 

 get you off if I can," and he certainly would if he could : 

 whilst the breaker says, " I know you would, but you 

 shall not if I can help it." Observe a colt, and a breaker 

 on him : the looks of both show their suspicion of each 

 other : there is no confidence between them ; they are 

 both prepared for a set-to, and this should never, if it 

 can possibly be avoided, take place. Now none of 

 this caution on one part, or attempt to resist on the 

 other, takes place on giving the colt his corn or hay : 

 why ? because he has been accustomed to that from 

 his earliest days. From as early an age should my 

 colt be accustomed to every thing else ; and it as easy 

 to use a colt to walk along, and let you hold him by the 

 tail if you wish, as it is by the head. If he is ac- 

 customed to have a boy get on and off him for months 

 together, he will become as accustomed to that as to 

 have his feed, and will no more resist the one than 

 the other ; but he will fly from a sieve full of oats the 

 first time it is offered to him. 



This I consider the rudiments of educating horses. 

 I hope some will think it better than bringing them 

 up wild, and then breaking them. If I understand 

 what is meant by the term colt-breaker, it means a 

 man to cure a colt of bad habits, and to make him 

 quiet. Now if we do not allow the colt to contract 

 bad habits, he will not want being cured of them. 

 If we bring him up quiet, he cannot be quieter than 

 quiet. Who is so proper a person to do this as he 



