70 Hints on Colt-Breaking. 



understand that all we ask him to do 

 is reasonable, and will put him to no 

 suffering. 



I can strongly recommend, both for use 

 in breaking and after a horse is quite 

 steady, the excellent rein patented by 

 Mr. Serjeant, and sold by Lee, of Long 

 Acre, London. He has cleverly applied 

 to everyday use the principle shown in 

 diagram 17. The rein begins at the 

 crupper, passes to the mouth, and thence 

 back to the driver's hands. Thus the 

 horse is driven both by his head and 

 tail, and is fixed in such a fashion that 

 he certainly cannot run away, or rear, 

 while any attempt at kicking is almost 

 entirely neutralized. This rein is a real 

 boon to all nervous drivers, and is of the 



