1 8 Hints oil Colt'Breaking, 



himself on the top till I get out of the 

 way ; we leap ditches and the trees that 

 are felled in the woods, and in a short 

 time are not afraid of a small stile. Both 

 of us return home more healthy and better 

 jumpers than when we started ; though it 

 is not leaping that I am teaching my 

 pupil, but a docility and a temperateness 

 that will be to the advantage of both of 

 us long after, when the real jumping 

 lessons have long been over, and we get 

 out with the hounds. 



At eighteen months, put a roller round 

 the colt, not too tightly pulled up, during 

 part of the day. Gradually get it to 

 the ordinary tension, and let him get 

 thoroughly accustomed to the feeling 

 of it. You may then change the roller 



