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better prepared to impart instruction or to give direction with 

 regard to the management of the horse than myself. 



I deem it advisable to give special directions to those who 

 raise colts, not only as to their manner of treatment and educa- 

 tion, but knowing full well the difficulty sometimes attending 

 the first haltering of wild colts, I have prepared the accom- 

 panying plate as illustrative of my method, and now proceed to 

 give directions which, if strictly followed will insure success. 



Take a pole about ten feet long ; drive a nail near the end. 

 then drive another about fifteen inches from it ; now take a rope 

 halter, and hang the part that goes on the top of the head on 

 these nails ; then enlarge the nose-piece, by means of the slip- 

 noose, sufficiently to allow it to slip on easily, observing to hold 

 the halter stale in your hands with the pole ; approach your 

 colt with great care, and allow him to smell of the halter, and, 

 in a few minutes, he will yield to your advances, and allow you 

 to place the halter on him without much difficulty. Make the 

 shank or stale of the halter about three times the ordinary 

 length, for, as soon as he finds himself caught, he will use his 

 best exertions to get away from you. 



To Educate the Horse to the Words " Come Here." 



Place a Comanche bridle on the horse, made as follows : takft 

 a small cord about sixteen feet long, tie the end around the neck 

 firmly, so that it cannot slip ; then double your cord, placing it 

 under the neck, from the shoulder to the mouth; step back at 

 the side of your horse, and say " Come here;" at the same time 

 give him a sharp jerk, and he will swing around to you; when 

 he comes, caress him with your hand on the shoulder ; now re- 

 peat the same on opposite side, remembering to caress each 

 time ; do this four or five times, and you will find that your 

 horse wiU obey and fully understand the words " come here." 

 Always speak the words with a distinct and commanding tone of 

 voice. 



I desire that the reader may understand that obedience in the 

 horse is accomplished by pain; so, when you infiict pain, ao- 



