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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 6 
One Dollar Invested 
Training Little Colts.—I n The R. 
N.-Y. of January 5, J. E. Wing says that 
the picture of the six-months-old colt, 
which has received so much education at 
so early an age, worries him. I know 
that young women are not supposed to 
be particularly interested in the subject 
of horse training, but it is one in which 
I have had a little experience. Conse¬ 
quently I was very glad to see the article 
and illustration referred to, as it proves 
that early training—my hobby—is grad¬ 
ually becoming more common. 
When I became the owner, four years 
ago, of a colt, her education was begun 
at once. From the time when the little 
halter was put on, until I had the pleas¬ 
ure of a ride after her in my road cart, 
she was the cause of many an ominous 
shake of the head on the part of those 
men who do not believe in petting, but 
allow the colt to run wild until three or 
four years old, when in order to break 
him, they are fortunate if the result is 
not that saddest thing in the equine 
world, a broken-hearted young horse. 
Yet these people doubtless believe in 
training up a child in the way he should 
go,” and that the younger he is taught 
to obey, the better man he is likely to 
become. Why not give the colt the same 
chance ? 
While training mine, one part of the 
harness followed another so gradually 
that she never seemed taken by surprise, 
but acted as though each lesson was just 
what she had been expecting. She was 
finally hitched to the wagon and sleigh, 
without the preliminary exercise usually 
considered indispensable. She has never, 
by bad behavior, broken the least thing 
on harness or wagon, but has had acci¬ 
dents, such as the hip strap breaking 
and allowing the breeching to drop 
when descending a hill; and a broken 
crossbar which sent the whiffletree down 
on her heels. Having been driven nearly 
every day through the city, with its 
electric cars, noise and commotion of 
all kinds, I think that she is certainly a 
reasonably well-behaved colt. Add to 
this the fact that she is spirited and a 
pleasant driver, and it will be seen why, 
if training another, I would not hesitate 
to follow the same course. I take pay 
for my trouble in petting, and at the 
same time insist on perfect obedience, 
not failing to punish if necessary. 
To the youthful trainers of the little 
animal in the illustration, I wish abun¬ 
dant success, and hope that they will in 
time send a report, proving it possible 
to pet a colt, and, at the same time, 
teach it to become a useful horse. 
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