88 Hints on Colt-Breaking, 



you will like to be able to say, " / taught 

 him myself V 



" And oil ! my beloved 'earers," as the 

 great Jorrocks says, now that you have 

 a well-educated animal, do ride him 

 properly. To that end, buy a copy of 

 Whyte Melville's " Riding Recollections ; " 

 read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest 

 it, and, when you have done so, read it 

 / again. It is the very best book that 

 ever was written on the subject, and 

 probably that ever will be; every one 

 who understands horses will agree with 

 nearly every word he says. 



Only at page 75 he quotes " one of 

 the finest horsemen in Europe," as saying, 

 " I am the owner, I wish I could say the 

 master, of the four best hunters I ever 



