TRAINING, AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT. 5 1 



surcingle,) then pass the buckle of the reins through 

 the side ring on surcingle and to the bit on each side. 

 Put the end of trace through the ring on breeching^ 

 and fix to the pulling hook on inside of shaft. 



The colt will stand perfectly steady while being' 

 harnessed, and will walk away like an old horse. It 

 is better by the way to drive him in a trap otit of the 

 ring. First drive him in a straight line, you behind 

 with the long reins, your assistant with the " Galvayne'^ 

 strap slipped through the ring on head collar. This 

 strap should be held in such a manner that the colt is 

 not aware of its being there, and after a turn or two it 

 can be readily slipped off. After driving some time 

 in a straight line take wide turns, but let your assistant 

 know to which side you intend to go by saying " Left!" 

 " Right!" so that the colt is not jerked in an opposite 

 direction by the assistant at his head. 



Right throughout the training, I endeavour to make 

 it easier for the colt to do right rather than wrong. I 

 have met some breakers who have differed from me 

 materially, whose sole idea seemed to me to do 

 decidedly the reverse, and some have even suggested 

 to me, that it was a good plan with draught colts to 

 harness them to a heavy roller or to a trunk of a tree 

 to teach them to pull. I don't agree with them ; the 

 lighter and handier the trap, combined with strength, 

 the better. The colt gets confidence quicker in the 

 feel and rattle of the trap, and this he shows very 



