LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Author _____ Frontispiece 



Facing page 



Colt-training — ^The Confidence Lesson - - - - 34 



The Sluggish Colt - - - - - - 35 



The Humane Method of Mouthing - - - - 46 



Training the Colt to Unfamiliar Objects - - - 46 



The Old Method and Jaw-breaking Bit - - - 47 



The Indian War Bridl.' - - - - - 56 



First Time in Long Reins - - - - - 57 



The Strait-jacket - - - •- - - 70 



The Master Hand - - - - - - 71 



The Master Rein - - - - - - 80 



The Pulling-rope - - - - - - 81 



"Throwing" a Horse - - - - - - 90 



The Horse on His Side, after "Throwing" - - " 9^ 



The Master Rein and Long Reins Ready for Action - - 100 



The Runaway Under Control _ _ - - _ loi 



The Rearing Horse — ^Taken by Surprise - - - no 



The Rearing Horse — On the Knees - - - - in 



Teaching Colt the Use of the Breeching . _ _ 124 



The Nappy Horse with PulUng Rope _ - _ - 125 



The Shetland Pony, "Jean" - _ - - _ 134 



The Nerve-pressure Bridle — Capt. Mecke and the Author - 135 



Handhng the Colt's Legs _____ j^^ 



Gaining the Colt's Confidence _ _ . _ 1^5 



British-bred Trotting Stallion, "Lord Hummer" - - 164 



American Trotting Stallion, "Sir Todd II." _ _ _ 165 



A Robinson Hooded Buggy _ - _ _ - 165 



Welsh Pony Stallion, " Emlyn Cymro Llwyd " - - - 180 



Champion Welsh Pony Stallion, "Blcddfa Shooting Star" - 181 



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