Education of Colts 47 



— dead still ; stop in full career, slide, slip, or fall ; 

 " stop and stand still " — he is wiser than ninety 

 per cent, of his confreres ever learn to become, and 

 the man who trained him deserves more than well 

 of his fellow beings. Nor is the accomplishment 

 difficult to acquire, or complicated to impart — a 

 very little patience is the only requisite upon both 

 sides — yet what colt educator thoroughly teaches 

 it ? What consumer ever appreciates it or rehearses 

 it constantly, that the habit may not grow rusty 

 through disuse? Every baby should obey the word 

 implicitly before ever harness is put upon him, and 

 a yearling should be as biddable as any horse. 



When the little thing is three or four weeks old, 

 it should be accustomed to the halter, to leading, and 

 to standing tied. Even before that — from the very 

 day of birth — it should have been handled regularly 

 all over, and as a matter of course ; constantly pushed 

 and pulled gently about for a few steps ; and should 

 grow up with the idea firmly implanted that the 

 curious biped who is always about it and its mother 

 is so strong and masterful that resistance to his 



