38 THE HORSE : ITS TAMING, 



time he will have undergone a great deal of exertion ; 

 never^ under any consideration, overtax the colt's 

 strength, as by doing so you will easily spoil a colt, 

 for you will make a good tempered colt a bad and 

 sullen tempered one, and a naturally bad and sullen colt 

 a worse tempered and more sullen beast. 



BITTING A COLT FOR THE FIRST TIME. 



1 

 Get a somewhat stout jointed bar snaffle, attach it 



to the off side of the head collar by a double spring 



hook or a strap, then come round to the near side of 



the colt, take the near ring of the bit in your right hand, 



and slip your left hand into the off side of the colt's 



mouth, and with your right slip the bit in ; put the bit 



in smartly so as not to hurt the colt's mouth, for 



if you do it clumsily, you will find it difficult 



to get it in the second time; when the bit is in, attach 



the near side ring to the head collar. 



MOUTHING AND BENDING, OR SUPPLEING 

 THE COLT'S NECK, BRINGING ITS NOSE 

 IN TO THE BIT. 



I entirely condemn hard and fast side reins, 

 attached from the bit to the surcingle, also tying the 



