Hints on Colt-Breaking. 41 



Our colt having now mastered the 

 erroneous idea that it is impossible to 

 get the saddle off, we must accustom him 

 to a weight upon it. Festina lente, said 

 the Roman proverb, meaning to say, 

 " Hurry, by all means, but not too 

 quickly." 



So we can improvise a capital rider, 

 who will kick his legs about pleasantly, 

 by taking an empty oat-sack, putting a 

 little into the bottom, tying it tightly in 

 the middle, adding another equal quan- 

 tity of oats, and then sewing the mouth 

 up. 



It is very easy to tie the rider to the 

 saddle, and if the colt is much of a 

 kicker, a loose rope passed from one 

 corner of the sack, under his bellv, to 



