84 Hints on Colt-Breaking. 



he got "the ofiSce," for fear of falling. 

 Not knowing what he was getting over, 

 he had a habit of jumping about four 

 and a half feet high every time.* 



Now, in the matter of jumping, unlike 

 any other part of his education, I like 

 a horse to think a little for himself, or, 

 as Wbyte Melville puts it, to take care 

 of the bigger fool of the two. We attain 

 this end best by letting him jump first 

 by himself, till he is thoroughly used 

 to it. 



You can easily teach him to do doubles 



* This was in the " good old days," and I 

 believe the man made a large income with his 

 simple trick, by going from one fair to another. 

 But this easy guilefulness would not be such a 

 fortune nowadays. Some one would write all 

 about it to the Field ! 



