24 Management and Treatment of the Horse. 



any horse. With this whip in your right hand, 

 the lash pointing backward, enter the stable alone, 

 as it is a great disadvantage in training horses 

 to have any one in the stable with you, so that 

 nothing should attract the colt's attention. If it 

 is wild, you will soon see it on the opposite side 

 of the stable to you, and then is the time to use 

 a little judgment. I should not want myself 

 more than three-quarters of an hour to handle 

 any kind of colt, and have him running about 

 in the stable after me. I would advise a new 

 beginner to take more time and not to hurry ; if 

 there is but one colt, and it is not particular what 

 time you expend, and you have not had experience 

 in handling colts, I would advise such to take 

 Mr. PowelPs method, which he says takes from 

 four to six hours. But, as I want to accomplish 

 the same, and teach him to be led in less than 

 one hour, I shall give you a much quicker pro- 

 cess of accomplishing the same end. When you 

 have entered the stable, stand still, and let the 

 horse look at you for a minute or two, and as 

 soon as he is settled in one position, approach him 

 slowly with both arms stationary, your right hand 

 hanging by your side, holding the whip as directed, 

 the left bent at the elbow with the hand project- 

 ing. As you approach it, go not too near to its 

 head or its croup, so as not to make it move either 

 forward or backward. Step a little to the right 

 or left cautiously ; this will keep it in one place. 

 As you get very near draw a little to his shoulder 

 and stop a few seconds ; if you are within reach 

 it will turn its head and smell your hand. As 



