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gale. ''The proper way to bit a colt" follows, 

 which is putting the cart before the horse, as bit- 

 ting should i)recede mounting; and under this 

 head we are told that " farmers often put bitting 

 hari^ess on a colt the first thing they do to him, 

 buckling up to the bitting as tight as they can 

 draw it, to make him carry his head high, and 

 then turn him out in a field to run a half day a' a 

 time." This is one of the worst punishments that 

 they could inflict on the colt, and very injurious to 

 the young horse that has been used to running in 

 pasture with his head down. I have seen colts so 

 injured this way that they never got over it. As 

 we are told farmers (meaning, I suppose, American 

 farmers) often do these things, it is very evident 

 that this modern art of horse -taming was published 

 for their especial instruction and edification. 



Under the next head, '' How to drive a horse 

 that is very wild and has any vicious habits," 

 strapping up the foreleg is recommended, as " there 

 is no process in the world equal to it to break a 

 kicking horse, for several reasons ; first, there is a 

 principle of this kind in the nature of the horse, 

 that by conquering one member you conquer to a 

 great extent the whole horse. You have, perhaps, 

 seen men operate upon this principle by sewing a 

 horse's ears togethei' to prevent him from kicking. 



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