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hand of you, for if so, you may just as well 

 turn him out and leave off breaking, until you 

 have found a man who can master him, for he 

 will have foimd out his own strength and will 

 not forget it in a hurry. If it takes you half a 

 day or even a whole one to make him do ^s 

 you wish, it w^ill be time well spent. 



After having ridden him for a fortnight, you 

 may discontinue the mouthing bit, and in its 

 stead use an ordinary plain snaffle, taking care 

 to select as large a one as possible, for if it is 

 too fine it will hurt the animal's mouth, and 

 either render it dull or extremely sensitive. 



If a colt is well broken at first there will be 

 no necessity in after life to resort to such means 

 as those which Earey introduced, or the dodging 

 process of M. Carries as mentioned in the ' Pall 

 Mall Gazette,' the paragraph concerning which 

 I here reproduce : — 



' Horse Taming. — History repeats itself in 

 horse-taming, it appears, as well as in other 

 matters. Mr. Earey and Cruiser have met with 

 their match in M. Carries and Trocadero. Tro- 



