. The horse in the stable and the field : his management in health and disease. der patiently in the saddle. To effectthese objects when the colt is running at large he must be caughtand haltered, and T shall now proceed to show how the matter is 142 THE HORSE. eflPected ah initio. In doing this it will be necessary to examineinto the best apparatus for carrying it out. The halter, which in this country is generally first used, isthe ordinary one, made of hemp-webbing, for the head, with a run-ning eye in the back of the nose-piece, in which runs a stout ropeattached to the head. Thorough-bred
. The horse in the stable and the field : his management in health and disease. der patiently in the saddle. To effectthese objects when the colt is running at large he must be caughtand haltered, and T shall now proceed to show how the matter is 142 THE HORSE. eflPected ah initio. In doing this it will be necessary to examineinto the best apparatus for carrying it out. The halter, which in this country is generally first used, isthe ordinary one, made of hemp-webbing, for the head, with a run-ning eye in the back of the nose-piece, in which runs a stout ropeattached to the head. Thorough-bred colts are always made tocarry a light leather head-stall from the end of their first year,and so, indeed, are all well-bred yearlings of any value. The largemass of colts run unhaltered till they are to be broken, which isgenerally commenced when they are three-year-olds. Ponies andsmall hacks are then often taken into use, the latter being quietlyridden by the breeder for his own purposes till they are four orfive years old, when they are sold. Mr. Rarey recommends for all. MH. RARKY S OR FOR RARBYS METHOD. 143 purposes a leathern halter, made like an ordinary head-stall, butrather lighter. This is at once put on the colt, and by bucklinga leading-strap to the nose-band, either before or behind, anythingmay be done which is required, short of mounting. Two smallbillets and buckles attach any bit which may be selected to therings which connect the cheek pieces to the nose-band, and thusthe halter is converted into a very useful breaking bridle. Itwants, however, the stiff padded nose-band of the cavesson, butthis is only required with very violent and determined colts, llieabove engraving represents Mr. Rareys halter-bridle, with hisordinary breaking bit. The bit which is usually employed in England for colts is aheavy smooth snaffle, with a tongue-piece and keys depending fromits central link. For racing colts a very excellent bit has latelybeen extens
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