120 THE HORSE: ITS KEEP AND MANAGEMENT. 



I have always brought up so that I could lead them 

 anywhere in a hemp halter before they were broken in, 

 and in not one single instance have I had any difficuly 

 in training them. It is only a matter of teaching them 

 to do their duty. I have gone to colts at two years old 

 when they were out in the field, jumped on their back 

 and galloped them about without any difficulty, and I have 

 seen them put in a cart the first day they were handled. 

 If young horses were brought up in this way from the very 

 first, I do not think we should have many kickers, or 

 horses which jib. Now, although I speak of kindness 

 I wish to make myself plain in this respect. Occasionally 

 it is necessary to be very strict with a young horse. 

 When it shows a bad temper it does not want playing 

 with, but correcting at once. This can only be 

 done by those who have a good nerve ; a timid person 

 should never attempt to break in a horse. In fact such 

 people should have very little to do with them after they 

 are broken in. If so they will very likely undo the good 

 which has been done. 



After a young nag horse has been broken in, there is 

 often a difficulty in getting it to stand still, but such is not 

 the case with young cart horses. As a rule they soon 

 become calmed down as they are working with the old 

 ones. Very often young horses which run in a trap will 

 not stand while the owner gets up. They want training 

 in this matter, as many of them which are sent to 

 gentlemen on approval are returned because they will 

 not stand long enough to allow anyone to get into the 



