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drive an eight penny nail three to four inches 

 from the end into the stick, and another nail from 

 ten to twelve inches from the first one, take a 

 common rope halter with a running- noose, pull 

 the part that slips through the noose back about 

 one foot, then hang the part that goes over the 

 head upon the nails, with the hitching-part held 

 in your hanels with the pole, your halter is 

 so opened and hung on the nails as to be 

 easily placed upon the head. If the colt is no+ 

 too much excited, he is easily attracted to notice 

 anything new^ to him; he has no way of ex- 

 amining objects but by his nose, and so he is 

 prompted to smell and feel of things, consequently 

 you will find upon reaching out the halter gently 

 hung (as above) upon the end of the pole, he will 

 reach out to smell of it, and w^liile he is grati- 

 fying his curiosity in this way you can easily 

 raise the stick high enough to bring the halter 

 over and back of the ears, when by turning the 

 stick round the halter will drop from it upon the 



