TRAINING OF HORSES. : 
Havine had an experience of thirteen years in the 
business of Breaking Colts and Training Horses, and 
having given particular attention to the nature, habits, 
and disposition of the Horse, we have, by the light of 
our experience, made many valuable’ improvements in 
the system of educating this useful animal to be sub- 
servient to the wants of man. In the following lessons 
we endeavor to explain, in the most direct manner pos- 
sible, certain infallible rules, which, if strictly adhered 
to, will surely and safely accomplish the desired re- 
sult. Explanations of the traits, habits, and causes of 
the habits, of the animal, with reasons for every step 
we take, will, as far as necessary, accompany each illus- 
tration. : 
In Jaying these illustrations before the reader we de- 
sire to impress him with the idea that we are not, in 
the common acceptation of the term, “horse-tamers.” 
We have a higher and nobler aim than to merely tame 
