CHAPTER XII. 

 BREAKING IN. 



How Colts are spoiled conquer the horse or the horse will 

 conquer you Training to harness and in the Stable Treatment 

 of Jibbing Horses. 



' I ^HERE are very few people who will go to the trouble 

 -*- of breaking in horses. Many of my readers, however, 

 may during their lives have occasion to buy a horse 

 which has not been broken in. Others again may go 

 in for breeding a few young colts, so I thought a 

 chapter on this subject would not be out of place. I 

 have often said I would never breed horses, as I 

 could buy them cheaper ; but when one gets hold of 

 an extra good mare they are tempted to breed from 

 her, and this is how it was with me. This is really 

 one of the most important periods in a horse's life. 

 Thousands of splendid animals are spoiled through not 

 being broken in properly. Many people may say * Properly ! 

 Yes, there comes the difficulty : what is being broken in 

 properly? " Different horse breakers have various methods 

 of breaking in, and quite right too. One cannot 

 go by certain rules in horse breaking, and put each 

 colt under the same training. Horses vary so much 



in their temperaments, especially those which have 

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