208 TEACHING YEARLINGS. 



bear even the sort of treatment I have just de- 

 scribed, he should be taken on to the turnpike 

 road early in the morning, where he should do 

 the most of his exercise, and the more like a hack 

 he does it the more reconciled he will become; 

 and if he has good action, he may walk long 

 lengths, which will give him an appetite. If 

 there is in the neighbourhood a gradual good 

 sort of lengthy hill, that may perchance have a 

 narrow strip of turf running by the side of it, 

 the colt in question should walk occasionally up 

 such hill, and at other times, by way of change, 

 and with a view to forward him, he should (put- 

 ting him into a trot some way before he comes 

 to the hill, and giving him his head,) be allowed 

 to trot on up any portion of the hill as may be 

 thought sufficient to bring his lungs into pretty 

 good action. If the hill is short, he should trot 

 up the whole length, and, instead of pulling him 

 up at the top, he should be made to continue on, 

 on the level, for half a mile, then pull him up 

 and make much of him; then walk him quietly 

 home, if possible, by a different road from that 

 by which he came. At other times of his going 

 out, there should be a steady hack rode out with 

 him, by the side of him, following, or before him, 

 whichever the colt appears to be the most recon- 



