18 TO STABLE A COLT. 



ened, hold on until they become quiet, so as not to 

 make them run before you are close enough to drive 

 them in the direction you want them to go. And 

 when you begin to drive, do not flourish your arms 

 or halloo, but gently follow them off, leaving the direc- 

 tion free for them that you wish them to take. Thus 

 taking advantage of their ignorance, you will be able 

 to get them into the pound as easily as the hunter 

 drives the quails into his net. For, if they have 

 always run in the pasture uncared for (as many 

 horses do in prairie countries and on large planta- 

 tions), there is no reason why they should not be as 

 wild as the sportsman's birds, and require the same 

 gentle treatment, if you want to get them without 

 trouble ; for the horse, in his natural state, is as wild 

 as any of the undomesticated animals, though more 

 easily tamed than the most of them. 



HOW TO STABLE A COLT WITHOUT TROUBLE. 



The next step will be, to get the horse into a stable 

 or shed. This should be, done as quietly as possible, 

 so as not to excite any suspicion in the horse of any 

 danger befalling him. The best way to do this, is to 

 lead a gentle horse into the stable first and hitch him, 

 then quietly walk around the colt and let him go in 

 of his own accord. It is almost impossible to get 

 men who have never practised on this principle to go 

 slowly and considerately enough about it. They do 

 not know that in handling a wild horse, above all 



