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you get over the brink before you think it is necessary 

 to go down hill carefully with a colt. Nearly all 

 accidents with colts are caused going down hill the 

 first time, that is, when they are trained on the old 

 system. The colt having never had any weight upon 

 the breeching before, feels the cart pushing him 

 headlong down hill, and he becomes nervous and 

 kicks from absolute fear. It does not matter under 

 what system the colt is broken or trained, but it is 

 an absolute essential, that the breaker or trainer 

 should be a Jiorseniaii, a man of nerve, with good 

 hands, seat, and temper. Without these qualifications, 

 not all the books in the world, nor any number of 

 practical lessons, would ever make a '' horsemany 

 Horsemanship is not only intuitive, but actually born 

 in some of us. So we cultivate our ability, we 

 educate our intelligence, and our knowledge increases, 

 and " knowledge is power," whether exerci.sed in the 

 subjugation and training of animals, or in pursuing 

 other paths, of a commercial, or professional career. 



I have endeavoured, in these few pages, to make 

 my system of taming and training colts as explicit as 

 possible; but I shall devote another chapter to 

 some matters pertaining to it that I have not herein 

 mentioned. 



I do not say that under my system a colt cannot 

 be spoiled. Some men are so innately cruel and 

 impatient, that abuse must form a part of their 



