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done the rider should take him by the head and 

 turn the colt round towards him, and with a light 

 switch tap him gently behind the fore-legs above 

 the knees, taking care always to keep the head of 

 the colt towards him. In very few lessons he will 

 soon come up to the rider with confidence, when 

 he should be kindly spoken to and much fondled. 

 The colt should be given a few lessons of this kind 

 daily for a week, after which a point with the switch 

 will be sufficient, and he will soon follow the rider 

 about in all directions. When the callosities (warts) 

 of horses are freshly cut a peculiar and pleasing 

 odour is exuded therefrom, by which the Arabs are 

 said to be able to entice horses to follow them any- 

 where. This statement is made for what it is worth, 

 and the writer would respectfully recommend readers 

 to accept it with the proverbial grain of salt ! 



HOW TO MAKE A HORSE STOOP TO MOUNT HIM. 



When a horse is unusually tall and some difficulty 

 is experienced in mounting him, he can be trained in 

 a very short time to stoop down and submit to be 

 mounted. The rider should take the colt by the 

 head with the left hand, place the right on the top 

 of his shoulder, and with the left foot tap him gently 

 on the back of the fore legs about the fetlocks, and 

 he will move them forward as they are touched. 

 This should be continued till his fore legs are well 

 stretched out in front of him, and as his fore legs 

 are stretched to the front his hind legs will naturally 



