bitted ; but it is a bad plan, and the longer time their mouths 

 are allowed to become accustomed to the bit, the better thej ulti- 

 mately turn out. It will be many months before thej are to be 

 depended on under any circumstances ; and when they get an in- 

 crease of oats they are almost sure to attempt some kind of horse- 

 play ; but the boys easily contend against this, which is very 

 different from the determined efforts of a colt to dislodge his 

 rider. "When all these points are thoroughly accomplished in 

 the breaking, it may be said to be terminated, and the training 

 of the two-year-old commences ; the only things yet to be learned 

 are the use of the spur and vhip, which should never be em- 

 ployed except as a punishment for faults committed ; that is to 

 say, they should never be used as an every-day practice ; for, 

 though every colt should be accustomed to them, it is very sel- 

 dom that the opportunity is wanting of administering them for 

 some fault or other. 



