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good, it becomes the more important that he never, never, never have 

 the advantages of acquiring a single bad trick. 



WHEN AND HOW TO BEGIN WITH THE COLT. 



When the young foal is but an hour or one day old is the very 

 best time — without question — to demonstrate the truth of another 

 natural law in animal life, i. e., the stronger rules the weaker; but 

 in this case it must be with kindness and good things to eat — by 

 catching the young, timid thing at both ends and holding it. 



This must be done in a very firm but quiet manner by placing one 

 hand under the neck of the colt and the other under the hams, when 

 that first natural law can be easily demonstrated. If the pressure i.s 

 made greatest at the hams or rear end, the colt will move forwards; 

 then if the pressure is made at the chest or front end of the body, 

 with relief at the hams, the colt will go backwards. Never catch the 

 colt around the neck only and hold on. If this is done, and persisted 

 in, the colt will go backwards in a hurry, and both will go down to- 



pic. 4 gives the reader an idea of how Betsy, at seven days old, likes sugar, 

 and, although her newly fitted surcingle and crupper were a great annoy- 

 ance to her very sensitive nerves, she soon became reconciled. 



gether in a heap. And it is not always safe to rely on a tail hold even 

 at this early age. 



HANDLE THE COLT ALL OVER. 



Sooner or later we must take hold of the colt and handle it. Will 

 we wait until it is the stronger and we have to rely on means of pun- 

 ishment to a greater or less degree, or will we undertake this work at 

 an age that the young thing can be handled on equal terms without 

 pain or struggle? 



After the colt has been caught and held as above described until 

 it becomes reconciled to the fact that man is the stronger of the two 



