VI. 



Page. 



CHAPTER IV. - - 56 



SHETLAND PONIES. 



Characteristics— Breeding— Uses of Ponies— Feeding and Manage- 

 ment—Pit Stables— Other Breeds of Ponies. 



CHAPTER V. - - 65 



HALTERING AND LEADING. 



Different Systems of Breaking — Best Place to Halter a Colt — 

 Kind of Halter— Best Method of Haltering— How to Lead a Colt in 

 the Open— How to Lead Him into a Stable — How to Tie Him up in 

 a Stall— The Power of Kindness. 



CHAPTER VI. - - 77 



BRIDLING AND BITTING. 



The Effects of Such Treatment— Dangers of Tight Side Reins- 

 New System of Bridling and Bitting — How to put on the other 

 Tackle — How to " Mouth " the Colt — How to Adjust the Side 

 Reins— Kindness Triumphs over Cruelty. 



CHAPTER VII. - - 88 



SADDLING AND MOUNTING. 



How to Prepare the Colt for Mounting— The Use of Chains and 

 Mouth-bags — How to Drive the Colt with Reins — Mounting in the 

 Stall— Mounting in the Open— How to Ride Him— How to make the 

 Colt Stop when his Rider falls off — How to Prepare the Colt for 

 being Shod. 



CHAPTER VIII. - - 99 



HOW TO BREAK COLTS TO HARNESS. 



How to Accustom the Colt to Pressure Before and Behind— How 

 to Yoke the Colt — How to Fix the Kicking Straps— How to Drive 

 the Colt— How to Unyoke the Colt— How to put the Colt in Double 

 Harness — How to Protect the Shoulders, 



