92 Hints on Colt-Breaking. 



painful in an octagonal form, when the 

 horse tries to snap at you. With this in 

 his mouth he cannot close his teeth on 

 you, and if you stroke him all over about 

 the head and neck, and speak roughly 

 to him when he tries to bite, he will 

 soon relinquish this dangerous habit. I 

 know of nothing that proves the super- 

 lative stupidity of the horse more than 

 this fact — put a muzzle on him and stroke 

 him as advised, he will bite you when 

 you remove it ; put the wooden roller in 

 his mouth, and he will not bite you 

 after his lesson is complete. One would 

 think he would know, in each case, that 

 the preventive is removed, but it is 

 not so. 



A horse that hites his crih and sucks in 



