. Biggle horse book : a concise and practical treatise on the horse. Horses; Horses; Stables; CHR 1895; PRO Dickson, Anna (donor); PRO Dickson, Agnes (donor). CHAPTER X. THE COLTS EDUCATION. It Should Begin Early—Some Methods—Gentleness Neces- sary — Tying Securely — Forming Good Habits — In General. A colt should be really broken before it is ever put before any vehicle, and then there will be little trouble with it. To hitch a wild and unmanageable colt to a wagon cr a sleigh the first time is about as foolish a thing as can be done. It should be taught to do everything re- quired of it exce
. Biggle horse book : a concise and practical treatise on the horse. Horses; Horses; Stables; CHR 1895; PRO Dickson, Anna (donor); PRO Dickson, Agnes (donor). CHAPTER X. THE COLTS EDUCATION. It Should Begin Early—Some Methods—Gentleness Neces- sary — Tying Securely — Forming Good Habits — In General. A colt should be really broken before it is ever put before any vehicle, and then there will be little trouble with it. To hitch a wild and unmanageable colt to a wagon cr a sleigh the first time is about as foolish a thing as can be done. It should be taught to do everything re- quired of it except pulling at the collar, before it is ever made fast to anything, and then there is no danger of its getting frightened and learning any tricks. A prom- ising colt may be ruined in a minute with such foolishness. A colt learns one thing at a time, and to attempt to crowd the whole horse education into it at once, and its first lesson, shows more jackass than horse sense. Go slow, be cool, try little and persevere, should be the horseman's motto. The young colt cannot be trained too early. In fact, the sooner he is disciplined the more quickly he is subju- gated, and with the least danger to himself and owner. After halter breaking, which should be begun so young that he will never know liberty of head, he should at first be taught to lead, by being tied opposite his dam on short Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob; Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania) PU. Philadelphia : Wilmer Atkinson Co.
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