Handling the Young Horse. 2 1 



him at its full length. He will bring the colt 

 to a halt by gently waving the line horizontally, 

 and he should then go quietly up to the animal 

 and make much of it. The colt must not be 

 allowed to come in to the man, but should, as 

 far as possible, be made to stop and stand in 

 the path of the circle. If the colt moves off 

 without permission, the man should bring it to 

 a halt, and then demand that it move, so that, 

 from the earliest lessons, it will learn to look 

 to the man for orders. These lessons will 

 interest and exercise the horse, and may be 

 conducted as long as the trainer sees fit, provided 

 he does not fatisfue the animal. When the colt 

 will walk about the man quietly, and come to 

 a halt as he requires it, the trainer may put it 

 into a slow trot, usins^ Qrreat care not to excite 

 the colt or to permit it to go too rapidly. He 

 should then teach it to come to a halt and 

 turn about for a chano;e of direction. Durinor 

 the longeing lessons the trainer should teach 

 the horse to bear the whip, which should never 

 be applied with any severity, a simple tap being 

 all that should be given, and this touch will 

 answer every requirement. The horse having 



