COLT PHILOSOPHY, 



Harriet Biggle says: 



A poor halter luill often spoil a colt. 

 The time to train a colt is all along. 



Give the young horses sunshine. They need it as much a^ 

 they do pure air and exercise. 



Make the little foal gentle ; sugar will do it, and kind 

 words. 



The teased colt often makes the vicious horse. 



Teach the colt one thing at a ti?ne. When he has learned 

 sofnething don't let him foi'get it. Make him go over it 

 again and again. In days following repeat it. 



Make friends right off with the colts. Have some apples 

 or something in your pocket for them, and they will soon 

 come to feel that you are a friend. A horse loves a friend 

 and hates an enemy. 



Don't call a colt by a name that is too much like "7i'hoa^'' 

 or ^^get up.'" ^^Joe,'' for instance^ is hard for him to distin- 

 guish from the order to stop. If you call him ''Jacob ^^ he 

 will always think you are ordering an advance. 



In these days of bicycles, accustom the colts early to their 

 sudden or slow approach. 



