The new system of educating horses, including instructions on feeding, watering, stabling, shoeing, etc with practical treatment for diseases . or yard, about twenty-five orthirty feet square, or even larger. See that all causes of in-jury are removed, and get the colt into this enclosure veryquietly; if he is wild and nervous, see that no hens, dogs,etc., are in the room. Say to your friends, it is necessaryto your success, and is a condition of your instruction, thatyou must be alone. Of course the colt must first be haltered. If not verywild, this will not be difficult to do. But if very wi
The new system of educating horses, including instructions on feeding, watering, stabling, shoeing, etc with practical treatment for diseases . or yard, about twenty-five orthirty feet square, or even larger. See that all causes of in-jury are removed, and get the colt into this enclosure veryquietly; if he is wild and nervous, see that no hens, dogs,etc., are in the room. Say to your friends, it is necessaryto your success, and is a condition of your instruction, thatyou must be alone. Of course the colt must first be haltered. If not verywild, this will not be difficult to do. But if very wild orvicious, this may be difficult and perhaps dangerous, andyou should always carefully guard against injury to yourselfas well as your horse, and at the same time you mayaccomplish your object just as surely, if not as easily. Takea light pole ten or twelve feet in length, or as much longeras you can use to advantage, if the colt is very wild or 46 HALTERING THE COLT. dangerous, and drive two nails into it, about eight inchesapart, the first about an inch from the end, with the headsbent a little outward from each other. Take a common. Haltering the Colt. rope halter with a running noose, pull the part which slipsthrough the noose back about two feet, and hang the partthat goes over the head upon the nails on the end of yourpole nicely, keeping hold of the hitching part, which mustbe as long as your pole. Your halter is now so spread andhung upon the stick as to be easily put on to the head. Ifthe colt is not excited or frightened, as you extend the hal-ter towards him he will reach out his nose to smell andexamine it, and while he is gratifying his curiosity in thisway, you can bring the slack part under his jaw and raisethe pole high enough to bring the halter over and back ofthe ears, when, by turning the stick half way round, thehalter will drop from it upon the head. This will frightenthe colt a little and cause him to run from you, but this willonly cause the slack par
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