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necessity for air on the part of the horse, banishes his former 

 feeling of sulkiness or anger and he yields to the almost irresist- 

 ible impulse to spring to his feet and free his nostrils of the 

 water. 



If any one who has never applied this remedy should doubt 

 its power, he only needs to try the experiment in a mild way on 

 himself, when he will realize its power upon the horse. 



I believe it would be impossible to devise another method so 

 free from pain, so harmless to the horse, and yet so thoroughly 

 efl&cacious as is the one here given. 



To Educate a Colt to Drive before being Harnessed. 



Place on him the Bonaparte bridle, as shown in engraving, 

 with your cord in the left hand and whip in the right ; the cord 

 referred to should be about eighteen feet long ; now drive him 

 around a circle to the right about fifteen minutes ; then drive 

 him to the left about the same time. You have now educated 

 your colt to drive, and may with safety put on your harness, 

 observing to put the reins through the shaft tugs at his side ; 

 then commence driving him carefully for some fifteen minutes 

 on a walk, turning him to the right and left as before directed. 

 Do not use the whip more than sufficient to give him a knowl- 

 edge of its use. I^ever drive a colt without blinders. It is bet- 

 ter to first hitch him to a sulky or a cart, and do not put on 

 breechings, but allow the cross-bar frequently to come against 

 his heels, so that he may never be afraid, or learn to kick. Never 

 forget, when your colt is obedient, to stop him, and walk up to 

 and caress him. 



I am unwilling to pass on to another article without more 

 fully impressing on the minds of those who raise or break 

 colts the necessity of kind and careful usage in educating their 

 animals. Never approach your colt quickly. Never pull the 

 halter or bridle off" quickly. Always handle the colt's ears with 

 great care. Never punish him on the body with anything but a 

 whip, and with it as seldom as possible, as many colts become 

 sulky and show signs of balking when severely whipped. It is 

 better that you should give your colt two or three lessons each 



