The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . Fig. 94.—Right way of pulling to teach the colt to lead. very lightly, gradually increasing the force of the strokeuntil the head is moved from it a little, when stop andcaress; so continue until he steps around toward you alittle to get away from the force of the strok
The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . Fig. 94.—Right way of pulling to teach the colt to lead. very lightly, gradually increasing the force of the strokeuntil the head is moved from it a little, when stop andcaress; so continue until he steps around toward you alittle to get away from the force of the stroke. By re-peating the tapping, and striking a little harder, as helearns to fear the whip he will be forced around in a circleat will. This may be done when the halter is on. If thewhip is too limber and the lash too springy and long, it 100 COLT TEAINING. will be difficult to do this properly, as it will be liable tobe brought across the fjice in an irregular manner, fright-ening the colt and makhig him try to get away. Successwill depend upon the whip being just right. The point made of forcing the colt around, step wellup to the head and drop the end of the whip back over thehips, touching the part lightly with it, or barely enough tomove him, then step forward, when he will come Fig. 95.—Simple method of making a sulleu colt follow instantly. Should he come ahead too far, he can be instantly stoppedby bringing the lash to the first position and forcing himaround again. Now repeat, not enough to frighten or hurtmuch, yet sufficient to force him around or ahead will help greatly to reward with apples, etc. It seldomrequires more than five or ten minutes to teach a colt tofollow in this way. (Tlie principle is the same in teachingsteers or oxen to drive with the whip, with the differencethat when it is desired to stop the steer, to prevent himfrom running ahead, it may be necessary to put on a foot-strap, as explained in the first chapter. The foot-strap T
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