Education of Colts 49 



a-running," as he will in a few moments, he has 

 learned a lesson which he will never forget. Be 

 careful, if he throws himself, to keep his head up 

 lest he injure an eye or stun himself. Once con- 

 vinced that he cannot get free, he will never try, 

 nor attempt, when he is tied up, to break that slender 

 rope which has proved so powerful. 



When you begin to put harness, etc., upon him, 

 let him see, smell, and touch every article. Add to 

 the harness one piece at a time, beginning with a 

 surcingle, and put it on and off many times daily, 

 gradually increasing the tightness of girths, etc. 

 Accustom him, finally, to have it thrown on to him 

 and dragged carelessly off, the saddle left hanging 

 about his heels by the crupper under his tail, etc. 

 Add all sorts of loose pieces to hang about and tickle 

 his legs and under his tail — old straps, pieces of 

 chain, tin pans, if you like. Educating a colt is 

 simply accustoming him to everything, and a lot 

 of odds and ends dangling about him is no more 

 fearsome than the ordinary harness ; while, for the 

 same reason, a rattling, creaking, break-cart is to 



