HORSE-TRAININO MAi^E EASY 



and unless you use great care and judgment, you 

 are •t.pt to alarm the colt from the least misplaced 

 iLOvement, Let a man recollect how surprised, 

 and in some cases alarmed, he feels on anything 

 toxi"~hing him behind. The same is the case with 

 tho horse where he does not see the object. We 

 may say it was only the end of the trace that 

 touched him ; how is he to know this if he does 

 not see it ? A man standing in the street would 

 turu as quickly round if- a harmless sheep touched 

 him, as if it were some more formidable animal. 

 We must, therefore, be careful not to alarm or 

 confuse the horse. Do everything in the most 

 gentle and persuasive manner; if you do any- 

 thing which frightens your colt, he never forgets 

 it. Take time, and teach each point in training 

 thoroughly ; remember, that which is done hur- 

 riedly, is done badly. 



HARNESSING. 



Horses, wnether young or old, sometimes have 

 an aversion to going in harness; such animals 

 show their unwillingness by kicking, baulking, 

 rearing, running back, or, perhaps, running away. 

 To prevent such habits being developed, take the 

 colt, after being thoroughly halter-broken, by the 

 head and tail, reel him a few times, and you can 

 put the harness upon him ; by this means you 

 disconcert him, he will not then resist you; place 

 him in the stable with the harness upon him. 

 and leave him there a few hours, so that he may 



