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PRATTS POINTERS ON THE HORSE 



gradually increasing the quantity as the colt grows olden 

 It will not only insure health, but full growth, free from 

 diseases of all kinds and a strong and sturdy horse will 

 be the result. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



BREAKING AND TRAINING. 



A colt's education should begin at its birth; nothing 



is more senseless than to 

 allow a colt to run wild and 

 unrestrained until he is de- 

 sired for use, then by brute 

 strength and the whip com- 

 pel him to serve you. By 

 this means the spirit of the 

 colt is broken, and a dull 

 and listless, or vicious, horse 



VICIOUS HORSB. 



is the result, according to the nature of the animal. 



NATURAL 

 TRAITS 



A horse is naturally patient, proud and 

 willing to obey, if he understands that 

 which he is required to do. In fact all 

 his apparent excitement and worry is caused by fear, 

 generally the result of not knowing what he is expected 



