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a colt in properly, and the training should be carried out 

 every day. 



While these lessons are going on outside, the pupil 

 should have a certain drill to go through inside the stable, 

 until he has learned to go out properly, and move on one 

 side when the attendant goes to feed and clean him out, 

 at the same time he should be taught to stand with his 

 fore feet well out from his hind ones. This can be done 

 by gently tapping the heels of the fore feet. It is well 

 to do this also while they are in harness, from the very 

 first, as a horse looks so much better when he is taught to 

 stand out properly. If the owner is fond of his horse 

 he can train it to do almost anything while young. With 

 pains and perseverance I have seen a horse trained so 

 that it would put its fore feet out so far from his hind ones 

 that its stomach almost touched the ground. The owner 

 could just put his leg over the horse's back without any 

 trouble. It would be a fine thing if horses were trained 

 in this way for ladies and old gentlemen to mount. When 

 training a horse to put his feet out well, it is a good thing 

 to walk them round a straw yard, with plenty of loose 

 straw about, then each time the young horse steps he is 

 obliged to lift his feet up high, which gives him a graceful 

 appearance. 



There would not be half the trouble in breaking 

 young colts in, if the owner would go the trouble of 

 putting a halter on them as soon as they were 

 foaled, and leading them about till they were perfectly 

 tame and docile. All the colts I have had to do with 



