HANDLING AND BREAKING. 



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got on it is best to let the foal wear it, 

 when he can very soon be brought to hand. 

 It is easier, too, to teach him to lead while 

 with the dam, since he will naturally follow 

 wherever she is led. 



The handling thus begun should be kept 



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Lunging: the Colt. 



up, continuously, or at any rate at intervals, 

 till the colt is over a year old, when he 

 may be bitted and driven about with long 

 reins, taught to stop, to go on, to back, to 

 turn and bend himself, etc. ; but perhaps 

 the less lunging in a circle is resorted to 



