Hints on Colt-Breaking. 8i 



I have a colt who will go round of his 

 own accord, with the timber at five feet 

 high, always stopping systematically at E. 



I have had many requests from friends 

 to be " allowed to come, one day, and 

 ride round your ring ; " but I have not 

 yet seen the one who will do so, when 

 the time comes ! They say, " Ah, I see ! 

 you put the horse round by himself; 

 then there is no need for me to ride 

 him ! " 



Nor is there. That is the idea. If 

 there is to be a fall, let the horse have 

 it to himself. You won't benefit him in 

 any way by sharing the danger with 

 him; on the contrary, your weight and 

 your hands on the bridle are, unless you 

 are a very fine rider, of great disadvantage 



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