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out” and unsound horse results at an age when he 
should be in his prime. 
TRAINING AND HITCHING UP HORSES 
In some localities it may be cheaper, as a matter of 
economy, to buy horses than to raise them; and yet 
there is more real value in raising a colt than the money 
which he represents. The satisfaction that comes from 
the selection of the sire and dam, the pleasure and in- 
terest that a little colt excites in every one interested in 
horses, and the breaking and training of the colt to use- 
fulness and service, are much more valuable to the boy 
or man who assumes the responsibility, than is the colt 
when measured by dollars and cents. Not every person 
is fitted by nature for the care and handling of colts, as 
the large number of vicious and spoiled horses indi- 
cates. And yet every one possessing good judgment, a 
familiarity with horses, and patience, can attain a 
tolerable degree of success. 
Among the other qualities which are transmitted 
from parent to offspring, especially in horses, is the dis- 
position; and a horse possessing an ugly or vicious 
disposition should not be bred, unless he possesses other 
qualities that are superior. When such an animal is 
bred, it should be mated with an animal of the oppo- 
site temperament. The colt’s training should begin 
early, while he can be easily handled and controlled. 
Little colts learn readily, are seldom vicious, and are 
more valuable when they are broken young. 
In breaking and training horses, a few “command- 
