16 HOESE-BREAKING. 



also you can steady liis head with the halter. 

 Again, I think I hear the question : ' Why do 

 you take so much time and trouble to tie the 

 halter shank round the colt's neck when you 

 misht throw a lasso over his head in a second?' 

 My answer to this is, that I do not wish to 

 frighten the colt, but by gentleness and kind- 

 ness to make him repose confidence in me. 



If you can spare time, after placing the 

 head-stall on the colt's head you may handle 

 him for a time, then place water and food 

 within his reach, and leave him to himself for 

 the rest of the day to get accustomed to his 

 new headdress. 



On the following day you can handle him 

 quietly in the loose box and offer him choice 

 locks of hay or corn out of your hand to in- 

 crease his intimacy with you, and then you 

 may tie a rope to the head-stall and fasten him 

 up. He is sure to struggle when he finds him- 

 self tied up, therefore you must not leave him ; 

 for if you have done your work properly he 

 will have already recognised you as a friend 



