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colt from pasture." The directions under this 

 head were evidently not intended for Britishers, as 

 we have neither prairies nor large plantations, where 

 herds of horses " may be as wild as the sportsman s 

 birds, and require the same gentle treatment if you 

 want to get them without trouble." We conclude 

 from Mr, Rarey's allusion to the " hunter's driving 

 the quails into his net," that his modern system 

 of horse-taming was first promulgated with the 

 view of enlightening his own countrymen, not 

 ours, which will at once strike every Englishman 

 acquainted with the management of horses on the 

 perusal of this work ; indeed, there is scarcely one 

 useful suggestion or caution recommended through- 

 out its pages, in reference to breaking or handling 

 colts, which has not been known to horse-breakers 

 and grooms in Great Britain for centuries past. 

 Still, we will follow Mr. Rarey step by step, and 

 accom])any him^ as requested, through " his whole 

 task of breaking." 



We are now told " how to stable a colt without 

 trouble," and the information under this head 

 would excite the risibility of any stable-boy — • 

 videlicet : — " The best way to do this is to lead a 

 gentle horse into the stable first, and hitch him, 

 then quietly walk around the colt, and let him go 

 in of his own accord." Well, I suppose ninety- 



