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not afford to keep them solely for driving purposes 

 use them as hacks and hunters at the same time, 

 therefore, in breaking" them, they should be put 

 through exactly the same course as saddle horses. 

 As jumping, however, is the main point of education 

 in a hunter, and cantering the chief qualification to 

 cultivate in a lady's horse, so should trotting be the 

 primary pace to improve in a carriage horse ; there- 

 fore, the breaker must concentrate his efforts to make 

 the colt a perfect trotter, or at least as near perfection 

 as the peculiarities of his nature and paces will allow. 

 It rarely happens that horses are good both in saddle 

 and harness, as a participation in both is deleterious 

 to either, and, to those who can afford it, saddle 

 and harness horses give most satisfaction when kept 

 at their own particular work. 



HOW TO DRIVE A COLT DOUBLE. 



Colts intended for carriage purposes should, like 

 colts intended for agriculture, be placed on the off 

 side of an active, willing-working horse that will 

 always be ready to move off with the colt, or even, 

 if necessary, to start the brake alone. The driver 

 should steady the colt well in going to the hill, and 

 should endeavour to prevent him struggling from side 

 to side, or rushing up by a series of plunges and 

 bounds. The driver should persuade him to negoti- 

 ate the hill at a steady walk, and should always 

 allow him to have as much head as he wishes — 

 consistent, of course, with safety. When the colt is 



