EDUCATION OF THE COLT 99 



lows: Take the cord (which, to serve all your pur- 

 poses, should be about twenty feet long) and 

 make a fixed loop in one end of the right size to 

 go over the colt's head and fit, pretty snug, where 



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Arrangement for Accustoming the Colt to the 

 Bit and Making His Mouth Flexible 



the collar is worn. Carry the end of the cord 

 forward, on the off side, through the colt's mouth, 

 and back through the loop on the near side. Now 

 pull gently but firmly upon the cord and his 



