TRAINING OF HORSES, 53 
improve him, take a long bow-top-whip or short fishing- 
pole, and standing out of reach of being kicked, place it 
by his side and touch him lightly across the fore-shoul- 
der, each time you touch him saying firmly, “Stand 
around !” being very careful not to strike him so as to 
hurt him, nor to touch him near the flank. By touching 
him on the fore-shoulder and avoiding the flank, you 
learn him to stand around, and do not excite him to 
kick. By not striking him to hurt, you teach him that 
he is not to be hurt, and that there is nothing at which 
he need be frightened. Donot get excited yourself, but 
coolly proceed with the lesson, being sure to stop your 
whip whenever he shows signs of standing around. 
Pulling at the Halter.—If the colt pulls at the halter 
upon your entering the stall by his side, or by being 
frightened at hay thrown down the rack, or from other 
exciting causes, place on him a strong halter, with a 
long halter-stale, (the halter not fitting so snugly as to 
be liable to hurt,) and put on him a girth; lead the colt 
into the stall and pass the halter-stale through the ring 
or ‘place of tying, seeing that. it will slip readily back 
and forth ; then pass it under the girth, between the fore- 
legs, and tie it to the near hind-foot just below the fet- 
lock, leaving him about three feet play of halter-stale, at 
the manger. Now carefully put your hay in the rack. 
If he pulls, he will, of course, lift his hind-leg, which 
will immediately call his attention to that quarter, and 
he will lose the fear of being hurt by the hay coming 
down. If you prefer, you may enter the stall; but as 
