32 Management and Treatmeiit of the Horse. 



take it on the road to let it hear the noise ; it 

 will not require to be driven with the log more 

 than three times before you can put it with safety 

 into the break alongside an old quiet horse. After 

 it has been driven both sides in double harness, 

 it may be put in single harness and carefully 

 driven, but should not be driven far, one mile 

 out and back is quite sufficient at one time. 

 After the colt has been in harness and brought 

 back to the stable, its shoulders should be bathed 

 with strong salt and water to prevent them 

 getting tender. More horses are made jibbers 

 by the shoulder being allowed to become tender 

 than anything else. Having given a brief out- 

 line of the colt, I will now proceed to the manage- 

 ment of it in the stable ; and upon this subject 

 the well-being of the horse depends. As the 

 horse requires light and ventilation in its stable, 

 so it requires food and attention from the groom. 



