CHAPTER II. 



T T does not seem necessary for me to 

 J- describe the method of breaking a colt, 

 because those who are enlisted in the cavalry '^ 

 in our states are persons of very considerable 

 means, and take no small part in the govern- 

 ment. It is also a great deal better than 

 being a horse-breaker for a young man to see 

 that his own condition and that of his horse 

 is good, or if he knows this already, to keep 

 up his practice in riding; while an old man 

 had better attend to his family and friends, to 

 public business and military matters, than 

 be spending his time in horse-breaking. 



