24 Hints Oil Colt-Breaking. 



their attention, for all that has gone before 

 has been, strictly speaking, unnecessary ; 

 though, as I have said before, of great 

 advantage in making the future horse 

 dependable, in any extraordinary circum- 

 stance that may arise, and for which we 

 cannot prepare him. 



The first thing to do is to get him a good 

 mouth, for without that no horse can be 

 ridden or driven in safety. By the system 

 I advocate it is quite impossible for a 

 horse ever to run away with you, unless 

 under such extraordinary terror that he 

 might be considered, for the nonce, no 

 longer a sane animal. Of course no 

 education can be depended upon if a horse 

 is mad, any more than it would affect a 

 man in the like condition. 



