88 BREAKING AND TRAINING 



his forelegs in turning. You can now train him cat 

 of this fault without much trouble. For, say you 

 wish him to turn to the right, you have only to pull 

 the right rein precisely a moment before the left fore 

 toot touches the ground, and vice versa . 



Lessons of about half-an-hour's duration are quite 

 sufficient if given daily and with regularity. Now 

 that I am discussing the walking stage in the colt's 

 education, I may note in passing that in the case of 

 cart horses, the pace required during training is 

 seldom beyond walking. 



After we have passed the colt through the course 

 advised above, the reins may be passed through 

 the driving pad rings, or the stirrup irons, if these 

 be used as a substitute. 



In fixing on the driving tackle, however, remember 

 first of all to put on the bridle and the long reins, then 

 the pad or saddle, and follow these with the standing 

 martingale and crupper. When removing the gear, 

 the reverse order is, of course, the correct one. While 

 being driven with the long reins, the animal ought, by 

 preference, be made to go in a circle, and if, in this 

 case, he refuses to respond with his hind quarters 

 don't shrink from making use of the whip. 



