Gleason's horse book The only authorized work by America's king of horse tamers, comprising history, breeding, training, breaking, buying, feeding, grooming, shoeing, doctoring, telling age and general care of the horse . How do you handle a whip to make * colt come for- Answer. Take hold of his halter with one hand (left hand), takea bow whip in your right hand, let the cracker of the whip touchhim on the tail, carrying the whip directly over his back, as seen inthe above engraving; touch him lightly with the whip and saj•come here. — 108- Question. How would you break and trai
Gleason's horse book The only authorized work by America's king of horse tamers, comprising history, breeding, training, breaking, buying, feeding, grooming, shoeing, doctoring, telling age and general care of the horse . How do you handle a whip to make * colt come for- Answer. Take hold of his halter with one hand (left hand), takea bow whip in your right hand, let the cracker of the whip touchhim on the tail, carrying the whip directly over his back, as seen inthe above engraving; touch him lightly with the whip and saj•come here. — 108- Question. How would you break and train a colt, and at whatage would you give the colt his first lesson ? Answer. The first lesson to give a colt should be to turn himinto a box stall or enclosure of some kind about twenty feet square,taking in your right hand a whip and approaching the colt. If heruns away from you give him a crack of the whip around the hindlimbs and follow this up until he will turn his head towards you,. then throw the whip back under your left arm, holding out yoniright hand, using the words come here. If, as you approach thecolt, he turns to run away from you, give him the whip. When hacomes to you offer him an apple. In thirty or forty minutes timeyou will teach him that it is wrong to turn his heels towards you; butwhen he finds he is being rewarded he will soon learn that the rightway is to keep his head to you. When working with a colt always have plenty of patience; goslow and easy, be gentle with him and learn him as you would a•hild his A, B, Cs. -100 — Question. How do you handle a colts feet and teach him tostand to be shod ? Ansiver. In handling a colt for the blacksmith shop, plaoe asuroingle around his body, then take a strap about ten inches longand strap his front foot up to the surcingle. How many times inpicking up the foot you have seen a great many persons, especially ablacksmith, pound a colts foot to make him take it up. Now, in-stead of doing that, place you
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