TAMING HORSES. 135 



HOW TO LEAD A COLT INTO THE STABLE 



AND HITCH HIM WITHOUT HAVING 



HIM PULL ON THE HALTER. 



You should lead the broken horse into the stable 

 first, and get the colt, if you can, to follow in after 

 him. If he refuses to go, step up to him, taking a 

 little stick or switch in your right hand ; then take 

 hold of the halter close to his head with your left 

 hand, at the same time reaching over his back with 

 your right arm, so that you can tap him on the 

 opposite side with your switch ; bring him up fa- 

 cing the door, tap him lightly with your switch, 

 reaching as far back with it as you can. This tap- 

 ping, by being pretty well back, and on the oppo- 

 site side, will drive him ahead, and keep h\m close 

 to you ; then, by giving him the right direction 

 with your left hand you can walk into the stable 

 with him. I have walked colts into the stable in 

 this way in less than a minute, after men had 

 worked at them half an hour, trying to pull them 

 in. If you cannot walk him in at once in this way, 

 turn him about and walk him around in every di- 

 rection, until you can get him up to the door with- 



