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will obey your orders. Continue in this manner 

 when you bring your colt and mare to the barn 

 from the pasture, until you have your colt thor- 

 oughly acquainted with you and have him accus- 

 tomed to the halter, or as it is commonly used by 

 horsemen, halter-broke. 



When the colt is about four or five months 

 old, place on him a small bridle and surcingle. 

 Have a ring on each side of the lower part of the 

 surcingle to pass the lines through, so when you 

 are teaching your colt to drive he will not turn 

 his head towards you. After you have the sur- 

 cingle and bridle on the colt pass the lines through 

 the lower rings in the surcingle. Step back of the 

 colt with the whip and teach him the words "get 

 up," "whoa" and "go to right and left," by slight 

 pulls on the lines. Give him these lesson.^ 

 you have him bridle-wise. You can then turn him 

 out in the pasture and let him run until the next 

 season. Repeat the lessons in your spare time. 



You can also introduce to the colt different 

 objects that you think he might shy from if 

 brought to the city. Colts that are educated when 

 they are young will be properly broken by the 

 time they are ready for the market, and they can 

 be sold for from twenty-five to fifty dollars more 

 than if they had been four or five years old before 

 they were broken. I would rather break a half- 

 dozen three-year olds than one four-year old colt. 

 Between the fourth and fifth year a horse cuts 

 sixteen teeth, four canine, four incissors and 

 eight molars. During this time he often suffers 

 greatly and it is more difficult to train him. While 

 cutting these teeth he cannot eat much hard food 

 and he gets thin. Therefore, to avoid trouble and 

 save time, train your horses before they are four 

 years old. 



