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right ; and as soon as you have turned him about a 

 few times, he will be willing to go along. The next 

 tiling, after you are through leading him, will be to 

 take him mto a stable and hitch him in such a way 

 as not to have him pull on the halter, and as they 

 are often troublesome to get into a stable the first, 

 few times, I will give you some instructions about 

 getting him in. 



HOW TO LEAD THE COLT INTO A STABLE. 



You should lead the broken horse into the stable 

 first, and get the colt, if you can, to follow in after 

 him. If he refuses to go, step up to him, taking a 

 little stick or switch in your n'ght hand ; then take 

 hold of the halter close to his head with your left 

 hand, at the same time reaching over his back with 

 your right ann so that you can tap him on the oppo- 

 site side with your switch ; bring him up facing the 

 door, tap him slightly with your switch, reaching as 

 far back with it as you can. This tapping, by being 

 pretty well back, and on the opposite side, will drive 

 him ahead, and keep him close to you; then by 

 giving him the right direction with your left hand 

 you can walk into the stable with him. I have 

 walked colts into the stable this way in less than a 

 minute, after men had worked at them half an hour, 

 trying to pull them in. If you cannot walk him in 

 at once in tliis way, turn him about and walk him 

 around a while until you can get him up to the door 

 without pulling at him. Then let him stand a few 

 minutes, keeping his head in the right direction with 



