116 COLT TRAINING. ■ 



Bridle on it is not always policy to try it at this stage. The best 

 course to pursue is to subject to the Second Method of Subjection. 

 Reach out as carefully as you can until you can get hold of the tail. 

 It must usually be done very quietly. Tie it into a knot, and run 

 the halter through, drawing short enough to bring the body into a 

 half circle. Catch the cord and hair with the right hand, and with 

 the left catch the hitching part well up toward the head, and go 

 around with him a few times as shown in Fig. 86 ; then tie into a 

 half-hitch knot, and let him go around. , Be careful not to tie so 

 short that he will go around too quickly, as this would make 

 him so dizzy that he would fall down. As you let go, motion the 

 hand toward the head as he passes, or catch up a pole which is 

 ready and motion toward the head, and touch lightly around the 



Fig. 144.— The Coll as he will Usually Follow after Treatment. 



hind parts. This to be done only when he is. going slow, which will 

 force him to go rapidly ; and in this way continue until he becomes 

 so dizzy that he will submit himself to be poled around the legs and 

 body -in any manner. In most cases this is a very simple Operation, 

 and entirely safe ; but there are frequently cases. that require con- 

 siderable care and judgment. For example, should a colt be of a 

 sullen, reckless character, if he is tied too short at first and then let 

 him go his own way, he may lunge and throw himself. This can al- 

 ways be avoided by holding the strap part of the halter when 

 passed through the tail with the hand, and then going around a few 

 times until he is a little dizzy, and in the meantime pull just the 

 length required and make fast by tying into a half-hitch knot, when 

 give freedom Should he go too fast, or there is danger of his fall- 



