d& MANAGEMENT OF THE HORSE. 



but hanging loose, as represented in cut No. 6. This is done so 

 that the cross-bar of the shafts will touch him when he stops, in 

 fact, when you put the colt in the shaft for the first time you 

 should allow the cross-bars to touch him, and if it seems to alarm 

 him he needs more training with the pole before he is hitched in 

 to prepare him to receive this unusual touch without becoming 

 frightened. 



No. 6. 

 A colt handled this way for one hour — say half-an-hour each 

 day, will be better broken and safer than if handled in a gentle, 

 quiet, easy manner for six months. 



We believe that it is necessary to test the colt in every con- 

 ceivable manner before risking our lives behind him in a buggy 

 or a wagon. 



On the same principle, the boiler on a steamboat is tested by 

 the Government Inspector, by putting on a cold-water pressure 

 before getting up steam, to ascertain whether the boiler has the 

 requisite strength to resist the pressure brought to bear on it by 

 future use. 



If it will stand the cold-water pressure, which is greater than 

 that produced by steam, the Inspector pronounces it safe, and 

 then, and not until then, will the owners be permitted to get up 

 steam and run the vessel. 



