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the head, and the colt led about for an hour. 

 By using a common riding bridle the colt is 

 enabled to see everything on his back, and thus 

 when any part of the harness strikes him he is 

 able to see it, and soon getting to understand 

 the cause, takes no further notice of it. But 

 when a bridle with bhnkers is put on, and at 

 every step he takes the harness strikes him, 

 he then does not know the cause, and thus 

 becoming terrified, it requires some time and 

 patience to calm him. After he has been led 

 out for about an hour, a driving bridle with 

 blinkers may be placed on his head in lieu of 

 the riding bridle, and then he must be led about 

 again for twenty minutes or half-an-hour, when 

 he should be returned to his stables and the 

 harness removed. You may repeat this for a 

 short time in the afternoon. On the following 

 day he must be harnessed again, but with the 

 addition of the hames and traces, and led about 

 with a riding bridle, which, after a time may 

 be exchanged for one with blinkers, the same 

 being repeated in the afternoon. Of course a 



