38 TO HALTER AND LEAD A COLT. 



has the power to resist your pulling ; besides, you 

 have handled him so gently that he is not afraid of 

 you, and you always caress him when he comes up 

 to you, and he likes that, and would just as lief 

 follow you as not. And after he has had a few les- 

 sons of that kind, if you turn him out in a lot, he 

 will come up to you every opportunity he gets. You 

 should lead him about in the stable some time before 

 you take him out, opening the door, so that he can 

 see out, leading him up to it and back again, and 

 past it. See that there is nothing on the outside to 

 make him jump when you take him out, and as you 

 go out with him, try to make him go very slowly, 

 catching hold of the halter close to the jaw with 

 your left hand, while the right is resting on the top 

 of the neck, holding to his mane. After you are out 

 with him a little while, you can lead him about as 

 you please. Don't let any second person come up 

 to you when you first take him out ; a stranger taking 

 hold of the halter would frighten him, and make him 

 run. There should not even be any one standing 

 near him, to attract his attention or scare him. If 

 you are alone, and manage him rightly, it will not 

 require any more force to lead or hold him than it 

 would to manage a broke horse. 



