206 TEACHING YEARLINGS. 



ing out from as in returning to the stables, but 

 also occasionally to lead the gallop. 



After these yearlings have gone through what 

 I have laid down relative to them, it may fairly 

 be concluded that they have been long enough 

 under the care of the groom for him to have be- 

 come thoroughly acquainted with what they all 

 are, as regards their constitutions and tempers. 



In getting ready the first class of these young 

 ones, (the craving ones), either to try or to run, 

 something like regular work should be given 

 them. The second class, the hearty ones, will 

 require less work, with more teaching. The third 

 class, the flighty ones, require very little more 

 than teaching alone; that is to say, if they are 

 properly taught, they are generally sufficiently 

 trained. 



Now, according as the disposition of a colt 

 of the third class is steady or flighty, so must 

 his treatment be varied; those that are steady 

 enough to follow each other in their exercise 

 may do so ; but those that are easily alarmed had 

 much better go by themselves. All the colts of 

 this class should have good and patient riding 



