12 Hints on Colt-Breaking, 



him to his box, continue to hold him, 

 pat him a little, and let him go. Repeat 

 the operation next morning, when you 

 take him out. In two or three of these 

 simple lessons the colt will find that you 

 do him no harm, and will come willingly 

 enough ; so that, before he leaves his 

 mother finally, obedience has become 

 second nature. 



It is useful, however, should circum- 

 stances not permit of the animal being 

 taught slowly, to know how to get him 

 along at once ; as, for instance, from a 

 sale, when mare and foal are separated 

 for the first time. 



All foals have a great objection to being- 

 hauled along by the head for the first 

 time or two, and will resist with all their 



