54 Hints on Colt-Breaking. 



gauge exactly whether you can proceed 

 or not. If he is restless, which is not 

 at all probable, continue the climbing 

 up and down the withers a few times 

 more. 



The reader will observe that my idea is 

 to give him a method by which the colt 

 can be broken without any very special 

 skill or bravery on his part. I greatly 

 admire a man who can stick to a horse 

 whatever he does ; but not being one of 

 these myself, I have concluded that the 

 best plan is to get the animal quiet before 

 I get up. 



Having got into the saddle, you should 

 sit perfectly still, except for patting his 

 neck and encouraging him. Now come 

 down agaiu, and get on by means of the 



