6 Hints on Co/t-Breaking. 



begin picking up a few oats, and will 

 run as straight to his food as the mare 

 will. 



Thus the first lesson is learned : man 

 is his best friend next to his mother, 

 and there is nothing to fear from him. 

 He has to stay out in the field, wet or 

 dry, until the man lets him come in — to 

 shelter and supper. If you feed him 

 yourself from your hand, you will quite 

 win his heart, and in a week after he 

 begins taking oats, he will, if you entice 

 him away, follow you a hundred yards 

 or more from his mother. For my part, 

 I consider it a pretty sight to see the 

 little fellow follow me, often casting 

 glances of alarm at the distant mother, 

 and wondering whether it will be safe to 



