. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. d, and could not beled ; he would be satisfied if we could make the colt lead across thebarn. I directed one of my men to go to the mans place, to put ahalter on the colt, and put on the cord under the tail, as described,and bring him along. The first the people knew he had him run-ing after him into the inclosure. We then of course trained him by 128 COLT TRAINING. the head with the War Bridle to make him follow, which we did ina few minutes. Training to Lead with Whip. Another method o
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. d, and could not beled ; he would be satisfied if we could make the colt lead across thebarn. I directed one of my men to go to the mans place, to put ahalter on the colt, and put on the cord under the tail, as described,and bring him along. The first the people knew he had him run-ing after him into the inclosure. We then of course trained him by 128 COLT TRAINING. the head with the War Bridle to make him follow, which we did ina few minutes. Training to Lead with Whip. Another method of teaching a sullen colt to lead, and one thatworks very nicely if done properly, is by training with the putting on a halter, bring a short whip over the withers, sothat the lash will strike the side of the head below the eye (see ), and commence tapping lightly until the head is turned arounda little from it, when stop and caress. This to be repeated until thecolt will step around toward you to avoid the annoyance of thewhip. Then step ahead a little and touch with the lash over the. Fig. loO.—Proper Method of Hitching the Colt at First. hips, which will cause him to come ahead, and so continue until hewill follow anywhere. This is a little feat of training, but the resultthat can be accomplished with it in a few minutes will often be won-derful. During my first toiir in Maine, in 1863, I advertised to makeany wild colt follow me into the open street within ten minutes withthe whip only, not having anything on him. I did it in this way :At first I used a belly-band and surcingle, to prevent the horse get-ting away—that is, when he tried to move I pulled the foot fromunder him ; but he can be held just as well with a halter, and it ismuch simpler. Hitching the Colt. This is very simple and easy to do by the method here given,tut by the old method of treatment is liable to be a very seriousmatter. After teaching a colt to lead well and making him gentle,pr
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