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into the pound as easily as the hunter drives the 

 quails into his net. For, if they have always run 

 in the pasture uncared for (as many horses do in 

 ^prairie countries and on large plantations), there 

 is no reason why they should not be as wild as the 

 sportsman's birds, and require the same gentle 

 treatment, if you want to get them without trouble ; 

 for the horse in his natural state, is as wild as any 

 of the undomesticated animals, though more easily 

 tamed than the most of them. 



HOW TO STABLE A COLT WITHOUT TROU- 

 BLE. 



The next step will be, to get the horse into a 

 stable or shed. This should be done as quietly as 

 possible, so as not to excite any suspicion in the 

 horse of any danger befalling him. The best way 

 to do this, is to lead a gentle horse into the stable 

 first, and hitch him, then quietly walk around the 

 colt and let him go in of his own accord. It is al- 

 most impossible to get men who have never prac- 

 tised on this principle to go slowly and considerately 

 enough about it. They do not know that in hand- 

 ling a wild horse, above all other thhigs, is that 

 good old adage true, that " haste makes waste ; " 

 that is, waste of time — for the gain of trouble and 

 perplexity. 



