PART I. 



OF SEED HORSES, AND THE MAN- 

 AGEMENT OF COLTS. 



Such seed horses should be chosen as are 

 large and well proportioned, strait limbed, moving 

 in a right line, heedless of every thwarting ob- 

 ject, of an even pci'severing temper, with short 

 fine hair and lively countenance. 



Colts, when they are foaled, require but little 

 attention the first three or four months. When 

 they are weaned (If by grass) they should be kept 

 in a small inclosure, with a constant supply of 

 water, and tender herbage : If they are w^eaned 

 by hay, provide yourself with a quantity of rowin 

 or second crop hay ; which is a grateful fodder 

 for their tender years, and easily masticated ; 

 while coarse hay would be neglected, and your 

 colt starved. 



Colts of the first and second year, are frequent- 

 ly troubled with the lampers, being a fleshy ex- 

 cresence, or spongy substance, grooving in the 

 roof of the mouth, and hindering the colt from 

 chewing. The best method of curing this in- 

 convenience is, by applying a hot iron with a 

 round head, till it is burnt so as to flow off"; and 

 in a few days it is well. 



Give your colt a good pasture till Jie is three 

 or four years old, then you- must apply your rules 

 of instruction to form the horse's manners ; for 



