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THE HORSE. 



effected ah initio. In doing this it will be necessary to examine 

 into the best apparatus for carrying it out. 



The halter, which in this country is generally first used, is 

 the ordinary one, made of hemp-webbing, for the head, with a run- 

 ning eye in the back of the nose-piece, in which runs a stout rope 

 attached to the head. Thorough-bred colts are always made to 

 carry a light leather head-stall from the end of their first year, 

 and so, indeed, are all well-bred yearlings of any value. The large 

 mass of colts run unhaltered till they are to be broken, which is 

 generally commenced when they are three-year-olds. Ponies and 

 small hacks are then often taken into use, the latter being quietly 

 ridden by the breeder for his own purposes till they are four or 

 five years old, when they are sold. Mr. Rarey recommends for all 



UK. RAilET'S HALTSB OB BRIDLE FOR COLTS. 



