16 RAREY ON HORSE-TAMI^G. 



the halter, and he will soon walk in of his own ac- 

 cord. Never attempt to pull the colt into the stable ; 

 that would make him think at once that it was a 

 dangerous place, and If he was not afraid of it be- 

 fore he \yould be then. Besides, we do not want 

 him to know anythmg about palling on tlie halter. 

 If you want to tie up your colt, put him in a tole- 

 rably wide stall, wliich should not be too long, and 

 should be connected by a bar or something of that 

 kind to the partition behind it ; so that, after the 

 colt is in he cannot go fal- enough back to take a 

 straight, backAvard pull on the halter ; then by 

 tying him in the center of the stall, it would be im- 

 possible for him to pull on the halter, the partition 

 behmd preventing him from going back, and the 

 halter in the center checking him every time he 

 turns to the nght or left. In a stall of this knid 

 you can break any horse to stand tied with a light 

 strap, anywhere, without his ever knowing anything 

 about pulling. For if you have broken your horse 

 to lead, and have taught him the use of the halter 

 (which you should always do before you hitch him 

 to anything), you can hitch him in any kind of a 

 stall, and if you give him something to eat to keep 

 him U}) to his place for a few minutes at first, there 

 is not one colt in fifty that will pull on his halter, or 

 ever attempt to do so. 



This is an im])ortant feature in breaking the colt, 

 for if he is allowed to pull on the halter at all, and 

 particularly if he finds out that he can break the 

 halter, he will never be safe. 



