70 HORSE-TRAINING MADE EASY. 



brings the body back, and as it does so, let the 

 foot fall; the toe strikes the ground some fifteen 

 or eighteen inches behind the opposite foot, and 

 as it does so, the off-foot comes back to the same 

 point. By repeating this lesson, we teach any 

 horse to back, however obstinate he may be. 1 

 have never known a single instance where it 

 failed. 



HITCHING TO THE WAGON. 



In hitching up a colt to the wagon for the first 

 time, it is always better that you put him along- 

 side of a steady, well-broken horse ; if you have 

 no opportunity of doing this, let him become 

 perfectly familiar with the wagon before hitching 

 him up single ; lead him up to the wagon in the 

 shafts of which you intend putting him j let him 

 examine it carefully; raise the shafts up and 

 down in his presence, so as to get him familiar 

 with the motion ; if it be a top-buggy, raise and 

 lower the top ; should he behave badly, put the 

 cord upon him, using the small end ; jerk him 

 every time he offers any resistance. Now lead 

 him in front of the wagon ; pull it towards him ; 

 should he start, jerk him again, and so repeat 

 until you can pull the wagon up to him. Now 

 raise the shafts and let them down quietly over 

 his back ; repeat this operation until he will re- 

 main perfectly quiet. Now lead him up, pulling 

 the wagon behind him. When he will bear this 

 nicely, you may hook him fast to the wagon, first 

 putting the long web upon the near front foot, 



