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hold their own. This din and flourish of instantane- 

 ous horse-breaking is all very well in the glittering 

 arena, with the plaudits of spectators who know 

 nothing about horses, but in the eyes of an experi- 

 enced horseman it appears very differently. There 

 may be some very exceptional cases where hoppling 

 and throwing may be necessary in order to obtain 

 complete control, but, as a rule, such methods are 

 undesirable from most points of view. 



The system of horse-breaking which we shall 

 endeavour to elucidate will corripare favourably with 

 any, and it reaches much further into the general 

 management of horses. Its effects, too, while a horse 

 remains in good hands, will be permanent, but we 

 cannot guarantee a well-trained horse to do right 

 when he gets into bad hands, because there are, 

 unfortunately, some men who will ruin every horse 

 with which they come in contact, no matter how 

 quiet he may have been originally. 



BEST PLACE TO HALTER A COLT. 



The best place in which to halter a colt is an 

 enclosed court, not too large, yet large enough to 

 allow a sufficiency of room to work freely. An en- 

 closure about forty feet square is a most suitable 

 place, surrounded by a high wall, so that the colt 

 cannot see over it to distract his attention from the 

 breaker. 



