HORSE SENSE. 89 



DRIVE IN BAD PLACES. ACROSS BRIDGES AND CARRY AN 

 UMBRELLA. 



Drive through muddy places, streams, over plowing, deep furrows, 

 high weeds, small brush and bridges; meet teams and other obstruc- 

 tions; carry an umbrella which takes the place of the top carriage; to 

 get them used to having objects seen behind them; but whatever you do, 

 don't hurt them. 



COLTS HELD IN POSITION BY CROSS-BAR, STRAPS AND 

 JOCKY-STICKS. 



You will see, by close examination of cuts, Nos. 30 and 31, that the 

 colts are held in position by straps running from a crossbar on long 

 shafts, to their halters — serving as tugs or traces, and guided at the head 

 by "jocky"sticks from each shaft to their halters to keep them from 

 crowding the old horse. 



All the fastenings are with snaps, at the ring of each ones halter; re- 

 quiring three snaps at each halter. The shafts can be made of two poles 

 each about fourteen feet long and fastened to the axle and wheels of a 

 carriage or wagon. The cross-bar behind the colts, to which they are 

 fastened with straps or ropes, should be attached to the shafts just in 

 front of the wheels, which will leave a considerable space between the 

 colts and this cross-bar when they are all up in position, which will give 

 them plenty of room for backward and forward movements in their edu- 

 cation. 



EARLY LESSONS MADE EASY, ACCIDENTS AVOIDED AND 

 IMPRESSION LASTING. 



A few drives in this manner will do more for the colts towards a 

 useful life in all future work, than several months after they are fully 

 grown. The old horse is strong enough to hold them in place and carry 

 them along or restrain them under any and all circumstances, which is 

 the very foundation of their future usefullness. To make Valuable 

 horses they must sooner or later learn these lessons, and the earlier in life 

 it is done the better, and especially when there is so little danger of mak- 

 ing mistakes, which are often made by their superior strength, when 

 fully grown. 



ARRANGEMENTS OF THE ATTACHMENTS FOR THE COLTS. 



The jockey sticks are made of two good fork handles or other mate- 

 rial of sufficient strength, and fastened to the ends of the shafts, so they 

 will have suiificient motion for movements up and down backwards and 

 forwards. It will be observed that a cross strap is used between the 

 colts with a ring in the middle, to receive the snap of the strap or rope 

 going between the colts back to the crossbar, which will pull equally on 

 both. There is also an additional strap from the inside colts to the 

 shaft, so that if the jockey stick should become detached from the shaft, 

 that the colts cannot pull away to one side. Everything should be made 

 secure and then there is no danger of any accidents or trouble. 



