28 Hints Oil Colt-Breaking. 



letting your man pat him again when 

 he does so. 



When he has travelled five or six yards 

 to the left, pull the off rein with consider- 

 able force, using the off' hind leg above 

 the hock as a leverage, and thus bring 

 him round the opposite way, moving to 

 the right. 



A very short dose of this treatment, 

 say for fifteen minutes, will make him 

 extremely ready to answer the pull of 

 either rein, and that is enough for the 

 first lesson. 



It may be that he will object to the 

 feeling of the reins on his hind legs, and 

 will kick ont at them. All the better. 

 Let him do so, because he cannot do the 

 slightest harm, and if there is any kick 



