SECOffD CLASS. 115 



Second Class. 



Among; this class there will sometimes be found a colt that may 

 develop quite a bad character, and it is necessary to proceed cau- 

 tiously. First learn, if you can, what you have to deal with. If a 

 colt is at all mild, and not easily approached, it is best to turn him 

 quietly into a moderate-sized room or carriage house. There 

 should be no stalls which he can run into, or corners to run against 

 and hurt himself. It would perhaps alarm him too much to try to 

 catch him and put on a halter, and besides, there would be danger 

 of his getting hurt. This difficulty can be easily overcome as fol- 

 lows : Get a pole about ten feet long, and driye two nails into it, 



Fig. 143. — Simple Method of Making a Sullen Colt Follow Instantly. 



about eight inches apart, the first about one inch from the end. 

 Take a common rope halter and form a slipping-noose with the part 

 which slips through it back about two feet, hanging the part which 

 goes over the head on the nails of the stick, so as to be easily ad- 

 justed upon the head. (See Fig. 134.) If the colt is not ,very much 

 excited or frightened as the halter is extended toward him, he will 

 reach but his nose .to smell and examine it. While he is trying to 

 gratify his curiosity in this way, bring the slipping part under his 

 jaw, while the head part is passed over and back of the ears, when 

 . by turning the stick half round, the halter will drop upon the head. 

 Now, by pulling upon it, the slack will be taken out, and the halter 

 will be upon him securely. 



Should you try to teach him to lead now, he may resist so hard 

 as to become very much excited and worried. Even with the War 



