58 THE STOCK owner's ADVISEE. 



THE COLT— HIS EDUCATION AND CARE AT TWO YEARS OLD. 



During the third year, the colt should be continued in the 

 same training as before, and occasionally he may make short trips 

 in the buggy. His work should be light during this year. He 

 should not be driven or worked hard. This is the time to train 

 him for the saddle. A person of small weight may get on his 

 back, but no attempt should be made to ride him until he has 

 been frequently mounted. His lessons should follow in the 

 natural order until he has been ridden, and then he should be 

 ridden often, not merely for the purpose of gentling him, but to 

 accustom him to the road and the different objects to be met with 

 along the way. 



BREAKING YOUNG COLTS. 



It is much to be regretted that farmers and stock-raisers do not 

 appreciate the importance of attending to the work of gentling 

 and training during the susceptible years of the colt age If 

 they would carry out the system of gentling and training as pre- 

 viously laid down in this work, the subject of breaking would 

 not have to be here dealt with. While this is not done by many 

 farmers and stock-raisers, the colt must not be neglected and 

 given over as untamable and useless. 



The old method that has been handed down to our farmers for 

 ages is a very rough, dangerous, and not always a successful one. 

 The colt is brought up, thrust into the wagon; his rearing, kick- 

 ing, and plunging must be endured until, from exhaustion, the 

 animal is reduced to some degree of obedience. This method, 

 however, I am glad to say, is being abandoned for other and 

 more rational modes. The best known method of breaking, and 

 that which has proven the most successful in my own hands, is 

 that known as the Rarey method. 



RAREY METHOD. 



This method consists in conquering the animal by depriving 

 him of the use of his limbs and making him feel that he is utterly 



