68 Hints on Colt-Breaking. 



The shafts should be about three feet 

 longer than usual, so that, if the horse 

 should kick — which I cannot imagine our 

 paragon doing — he cannot reach the axle. 

 Of course he might kick over the shafts 

 and get in a mess, but that might happen 

 any way. 



The advantage of this little go-cart is, 

 that, being very light, a horse will cheer- 

 fully face his hills with it, however steep, 

 the first time of asking, and thus gets 

 into the habit of thinking no more of a 

 hill than of the level. In the same way, 

 going downhill, he has not a great 

 weight to keep back, and he is not an- 

 noyed by the carriage forcing him for- 

 wards. Also, as you walk behind on 

 your own legs, it is not likely that you 



