30 Hints on Colt-Breaking. 



him pass round you from left to right, 

 or from right to left. The effect of 

 driving him from behind would be that 

 you, while walking on your own legs, 

 could not, by any chance, be sure of 

 giving the exact pressure or relief that 

 you desired ; nor could you compel him 

 to come round in the same way, as he 

 might give you his head, but refuse to 

 move his hind quarters. 



The next lesson is to make him stop. 

 It is a fine thing to have a horse that 

 will go, but not so agreeable when you 

 put the accent on the will. Of the two, 

 it would be a good deal safer to have 

 a horse that would not go at all, than 

 one that would not stop at all, except 

 when he wished. 



