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Feeding of the Two- Year-Old. — Mouthing and Bitting. — Lounging. — Tem- 

 per. — Leading on the Road. — Mucli Walking to be avoided. — When 

 harnessed, a Wagon better than a Sulky. — Amount of Work to depend 

 on Constitution and Condition. — Remedy for Broken Gait.— Pulling to 

 be avoided. — Increase of Feed. 



IN the two-3^ear-old, in spring, the grain is to be increased 

 to five, or even six quarts, of good oats a day ; and now 

 the colt is to be mouthed and bitted. He should have a 

 good loose box, with an outside lot attached. It is unne- 

 cessary to describe the processes of mouthing, bitting, and 

 lounging. The latter must not be continued long at a time. 

 Ha.lf an hour will be enough ; but, if he takes it well and 

 steps off gayly, you may keep him moving a little longer. 

 He must be lounged round both ways, changing the direc- 

 tion from time to time ; for so giddiness will be prevented, 

 and the bit brought alternately to both sides of the mouth. 

 Great care must be taken not to overdo the thing at this 

 time ; for, when the colt gets fatigued and worried, his tem- 

 per begins to suffer as well as his condition. It would be 

 easy to repair the latter, but the mischief done to the 

 former in early life can seldom be repaired. I am convinced 

 that nine out of ten of the horses we find mischievously dis- 

 posed, or even positively vicious and treacherous, are so by 

 reason of having been improperly handled when young. 

 There was Dutchman — he was not a sulky horse nor vi- 

 cious by nature. You could get him to do his best when- 

 ever you called for it on the course or the road, but in 

 the stable, look out ! He wanted a great deal of watching. 

 If a man attempted to put his harness on or take it off, 



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