PEACTICAL PAPEKS—THE HORSE. 
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farmers know what kind of stock they want in a mare. Large 
mares, or mares with large roomy abdomens, are best. The 
horse may be comparatively small if the mare is large; but 
if you breed a large stallion to a small mare, you may expect 
to have a wishawashy colt. 
In a stalh’on you want strength and power in the least pos¬ 
sible space. It is not so with the mare. She may be, and it 
is better she be, large and roomy. 
You will find that you can work these mares in a moderate 
way. I have forty brood mares, and I can work them all I 
wish to do. It is better they be worked or exercised a little 
every day. After you have the colt the work should be very 
moderate. 
Handle the mare and colt constantly, otherwise the colt may 
be wild as a deer, and will not be so easily controlled at 
breaking time. The mares should have comfortable stables 
and good care in all respects. Colts handled from the first are 
very easily broken. I have never kno .vn one that I could not 
handle. Perhaps I have got too much notoriety in St. Louis 
in this respect. In handling horses, I treat them as animals 
with intelligence. I let them know that I am their friend, 
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and treat them accordingly. 
The horse can see better than you can; he can hear better 
than you can ; he can smell and feel just as well as you can. 
In your treatment of them bear these facts in mind. You have 
all heard of the great success of Mr. Earey in his horse-tam¬ 
ing power. I can take a horse as wild as a deer and soon have 
him under my control, and it is simply because I convince 
him that I am not going to hurt him, and that I am his friend. 
You have got to approach by degrees. Let him smell of your 
whip. Get on his bridle. Get the bridle in your hand and 
you are his master, and in ten minutes you will find he will 
lie down completely your slave. It will require but a few 
lessons of this kind for him to know his place and obey your 
voice. I have broken hundreds of colts, "a great many of 
which I have been able to put at once in the wagon and drive 
them with whip in hand. 
