. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. methingelse of which he is fond ; then go on more boldly, and in a shorttime you can get off or on as you please. It is desirable at this stage to accustom a colt to sliding backover the hips, and touching the heels against the flanks. There isquite a sleight in doing this. It is this : While across the back withthe leg partly over, catch the halter or bridle rein short enough to 110 COLT TRAINING. pull the head around a little toward the left shoulder. Now gradu-ally slide back, touchin
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. methingelse of which he is fond ; then go on more boldly, and in a shorttime you can get off or on as you please. It is desirable at this stage to accustom a colt to sliding backover the hips, and touching the heels against the flanks. There isquite a sleight in doing this. It is this : While across the back withthe leg partly over, catch the halter or bridle rein short enough to 110 COLT TRAINING. pull the head around a little toward the left shoulder. Now gradu-ally slide back, touching both heels gently against the sides, untilyou can slide back over the hips. Should he at any point resist orjump, you can instantly slip over to the near side, and the head inthe meantime being pulled around toward you, throws the hind partfrom you. Simply repeat until he can be mounted and will submitto all this in any manner. In teaching to drive in harness, the firstthing to do is to accustom the colt to have the hind parts and flankstouched without resistance. The simplest way of doing this is as. Fig. 138.—Pulling the Foot Forward. follows : Take an ordinary pole, something like a rake-stale, and seethat there are no rough corners or points on it. While standing op-posite the shoulder, with the right hand holding the pole, its endresting back under the arm, bring the other end quietly to the maneand scratch along carefully, gradually extending back over the bodyand legs, then go behind and rub down between the legs, belly, etc.,until submitted to. Training the Mouth. The next step is to train the mouth. There are two ways of do-ing this—by putting on the Bitting Rig and accustoming to the bit TRAINING THE MOUTH. Ill for some time, and driving directly with the bit. In my practice Itrained the mouth directly with the bit. If the bitting method isadopted, the course to be pursued is to put on a bridle with an ordi-nary smooth snaffle bit and leave it on until accustome
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