Treatment of Young Horses. 



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may be hung upon the jockey to accustom it to 

 the flapping of various parts of its harness, and 

 prevent it becoming restive. A few days will 

 suffice to teach it all it is required, and make it 

 endure it patiently, for as it finds that it is not 

 hurt by them, it soon becomes reconciled to them ; 



and the more gentle and kind we are, the less 

 trouble they give ; for as they gain confidence in 

 us, the more they will let us do to them. Powell, 

 in his work, published in the beginning of this 

 century, gives us the following as his system of 

 approaching a colt. I record it here, as it may 

 be useful to those of my readers who have wild 

 colts ; but I contend that we ought not to have 

 wild colts to tame if we use them right in their 

 infancy. He says : ^' A horse is gentled by my 

 secret in from four to sixteen hours.'' The time I 

 have most commonly employed is from four to 

 six hours. He goes on to say, ^^ Cause your 

 horse to be put into a small yard or stable ; if in 



