The Growing Stock 301 
buckled around each of the four pasterns. Each strap is 
connected to a center ring by a piece of chain eighteen 
inches long, thus fastening all four feet together close , 
enough to prevent the horse from running, striking, or 
kicking, but not close enough to prevent him from stand- 
ing comfortably. The men now approach the horse 
squarely from the side, just opposite the withers, and pro- 
ceed to handle him over all parts, talking quietly to him 
meanwhile. This is continued for twelve or fifteen 
minutes, and the horse allowed to smell harness, saddles, 
whips, blankets, and the like. He may then be har- 
nessed and bridled, and left alone for a few minutes, 
the men leaving the corral. When they return, the horse 
is treated as before, and after being handled for a short 
time is unharnessed, petted, and the hobbles quietly 
removed. The horse should be quiet by this time, and 
may be approached and handled without the hobbles. 
When the lesson is over, the horse is allowed to pass quietly 
out of the corral and into a lot and turned back with 
the horses that have not been handled. Another horse 
is then driven into the catching corral, and the work is 
continued. Experienced men will handle a horse in about 
forty-five minutes, or from ten to twelve a day. Horses 
that have been handled should be kept together, and when 
turned out to pasture at night, they are turned with well- 
broken horses. The second day the horses are handled 
again as previously, and after this, the draft colts are 
usually quiet, and can be rubbed and harnessed without 
again resorting to the hobbles. The colts with hotter 
blood will usually need more treatment. After such 
colts are thoroughly gentled, they are then in position to 
be treated and broken in the same manner as farm-raised 
horses, 
