26 THE HORSE EDUCATOR. 



^Xe must not permit the colt or filly to go wild 

 ai)d run riot until it sliall hive attained its full 

 strength, its full energies and the full sway of its 

 natural ten per unconstrained, without making an 

 effort to train or teach it unt 1 it be tvv'o or 

 three years old, then take it up, and saddle 

 and bridle it by force, and putting it into 

 the hands of s.^me fearless hard-hearted, nnit- 

 ton-fisted, rough-riding fellow, sarce less a brute 

 hi all points of humanity than that which ho 

 professes to teach, expect it to be turned 

 out by hint of whip and spurs. A gentle 

 animal rendered so by brute Adolence. The edu- 

 cation of a colt can hardly commence too young. 

 He should be handled frequently by different 

 persons, and should be made accustomed to 

 whatever is likely to attract his attention when he 

 is put in harness. The more he is accustomed to 

 straps, the less likely will he be to become fright- 

 ened l)y accidental breaking of the harness, by 

 the falling of a trace about his heels, or by 



