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effected ah initio. In doing this it will be neccssai • to examine 

 into the best apparatus for carrying it out. 



The nALTER, which in this country is generally first used, is 

 the ordinary one, made of hemp-webbing, for the head, with a run- 

 ning eye in the back of the nose-piece, in which runs a stout rope 

 attached to the head. Thorough-bred colts are always made to 

 curry a light leather head-stall from the end of their first yjar, 

 and so, indeed, are all well-bred yearlings of any value. The large 

 mass of colts run uuhaltered till they are to be broken, whicn ia 

 generally commenced when they are three-year-olds. Ponies and 

 small hacks are then often taken into use, the latter being quietly 

 ridden by the breeder for his own purposes till they are four or 

 five years old, when they are sold. Mr. Rarey recommends ror all 



. RAREY'3 nALTER OR BRIDLE FOR COLTS. 



