58 Hints on Colt-Breaking. 



is constantly fed out of my pocket, push- 

 ing the rattle contemptuously aside with 

 liis nose; and yet, five minutes pre- 

 viously, he had taken to his heels and 

 gone away helter-skelter in the last stage 

 of alarm. 



Then let him bring an umbrella, and, 

 when about ten yards off, open it suddenly 

 in the colt's face. He can gradually de- 

 crease the distance till the lesson is 

 learned. 



Next tie an old kettle or a tin biscuit- 

 box by a rope to his tail, trailing on 

 the ground. Be careful to let him hear 

 the noise by making it jangle all round 

 him before you finally tie it to him. 

 Ill this way he does not mind it in the 

 least. 



