Gleason's Veterinary hand-book and system of horse taming .. . BITTING THE COLT. lightly upon the cord; should the colt resist, let it loosefor a moment, then press upon it again, and as he yieldscaress him; by repeating this a few times, say two or. SETTING UP THE HEAD. three times a day as opportunity offers, you will soon yields his head nicely. Use the utmost care on 494 BREAKING AND TRAINING OP COLTS. first applying it, or you will excite the colt to once he learns that he can resist successfully hewill try it over again. Do not continue the use of thecord more tha
Gleason's Veterinary hand-book and system of horse taming .. . BITTING THE COLT. lightly upon the cord; should the colt resist, let it loosefor a moment, then press upon it again, and as he yieldscaress him; by repeating this a few times, say two or. SETTING UP THE HEAD. three times a day as opportunity offers, you will soon yields his head nicely. Use the utmost care on 494 BREAKING AND TRAINING OP COLTS. first applying it, or you will excite the colt to once he learns that he can resist successfully hewill try it over again. Do not continue the use of thecord more than about ten minutes at a time. Nowchange the end of the cord, taking the large loop, passit over the neck, put the cord through the mouth fromthe off side, back through the loop on the near side,take your position in front of the animal and the cord ; this sets his head upas high asyou want to put it. By repeating this lesson, the coltsoon learns to get up his head on the slightest touchupon the rein. To Add Style.—It will be observed in using thecord for the purpose of bitting the colt, that the smallloop brings the chin in towards the body, at the sametime beautifully arching the neck. The large loophaving directly the op
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