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HALTEKINQ THE COLT. 



it, and, as he does so, let his nose pass througl^ 

 the loop; raise the upper part of the baiter over 

 his head, then turn the stick and the halter will 

 fall back of the colt's ears. Slip up the lead and 

 you have him fast; now place the lead over his 

 neck and secure it by a slip-knot, so as to keep 

 him from treading on it. Open the stall-door and 

 let him go out. Now drive him into a carriage- 

 house, or some other suitable place, not more 

 than twenty-five or thirty feet square ; you then 

 approach him ; he runs to a corner ; take a pole 

 •lix or eight feet long, and commence as before by 

 touching him on the (juarter ; and as the polft 



