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as his master's occasionally, hoio to get out of his 

 place of confinement, locks and bolts being strong 

 barriers against the egress of bipeds or quadru- 

 peds. 



Well, having stabled the colt, we are now to 

 have fifteen or twenty minutes (whilst the horse is 

 eating a few ears of corn, and examining his apart- 

 ment) '' to reflect on the best mode of operations, 

 for in horse-breaking it is highly important that 

 you should be governed by some system, and you 

 should know, before you attempt to do anything, 

 just what you are going to do, and how you are 

 going to do it." Here is some very good advice, 

 applicable to all systems ; but as it would occupy 

 about fifteen or twenty minutes to read through 

 Mr. Rarey's new method of horse-taming, we may 

 suppose it is intended that the tyro in horse-break- 

 ing should sit upon a stumbling block or stool 

 outside the stable door, engaged in digesting this 

 work whilst the colt is employed in munching his 

 few ears of corn within, and taking a survey of his 

 apartment. We are informed also that "this is 

 the proper time to see that your halter is ready 

 and all right." Well, we Britishers have a 

 notion that the pro2:)er time for preparing and 

 getting ready our tackle, whether for angling, 

 shooting, hunting, or horse-breaking, is hefore loe 



