Hints on Colt-Breaking, 71 



greatest value to people living in a town, 

 where it may be very inconvenient to 

 put in practice the maxims I have set 

 down for controlling a horse. So power- 

 ful is the effect that a horse may be easily 

 driven without any bit in his mouth at 

 all, the rein being merely passed through 

 the sides of the noseband. At the same 

 time it is a most gentle and humane 

 appliance, no force being applied but 

 that of a steady pulL Many a good 

 horse, that weighs on the hand a little, 

 would become a totally different animal 

 to drive with this rein, as he might be 

 taken any distance without wearying the 

 wrist. I should like, at all events, to see 

 all ladies using it, as they w^ould be 

 much less likely to be taken by surprise 



