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 How to Teach a Colt to Lie Down. 



To teach your colt to lie down, place on him 

 a small halter with a rope about 8 feet long. Bring 

 the rope up to the left side of the shoulder, pass 

 it over the back, reach under the body and take 

 hold of the rope. Then pass the other end of the 

 rope through the lower part of the halter. Step 

 close to the left side of the colt, reach down and 

 take hold of his right front leg and pull it up to his 

 body. Take the rope that you have passed through 

 the halter in the left hand, pull the colt's head 

 around to one side, put your weight against the 

 colt and say, "Lie down !" He may fight you a lit- 

 tle the first few times, but stay with him. Don"; 

 give up, but continue until you have accomplished 

 your point. This trick can be taught bv practicing 

 three or four times a day for about a week. 



Breaking Colts. 



Some horse breeders start to work on their 

 colts a day or two after they are born. Others allow 

 them to run in the pasture and will not bother 

 much about breaking them until they are four or 

 five years old, thinking it will not take them very 

 long to break their colts when they begin on 

 them.. 



It does not hurt a colt to get him acquainted 

 with you a day or two after he is born. Place a 

 small halter on his head so that you can manage 

 him while you pat him on the shoulder or rub your 

 hands all over him. In a few days you can use the 

 halter to teach him to follow you. Have a small 

 whip with you. If the colt should happen to pull 

 back and refuse to follow you, tap him very light- 

 ly on the hind quarters w T ith the whip. By doing 

 this you teach him that when he pulls back he is 

 pumshed for it, and it will not be long before he 



