The Arabian art of taming and training wild and vicious horses by Marshall L. G

Author:Marshall, L. G
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Horses
Publisher: Newark, N.J., H. G. Cook
Published: 1858-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

him. Then let him stand a few minutes, keeping his head in the right direction with the halter, and he will walk in in less than ten minutes. Never attempt to pull the colt into the stable; that would makjj him think at once that it was a dangerous place, and if he was not afrai4 of it before, he would be then. Besides, we don't want him to know anything about pulling on the halter. Colts are often hurt, and sometimes killed, by trying to force them into the stable ; and those who attempt to do it in that Avay, go into an up-hill business, when a plain, smooth road is before them.

If you want to hitch your colt, put him in a tolerably wide stall, which should not be too long, and should be connected by a bar, or something of that kind, to the partition behind it; so that, after the colt is in, he cannot get far enough back to take a straight, backward pull on the halter, then by hitching him into the center of the stall would be impossible for him to pull on the halter, the partition behind preventing him from going back, and the halter in the center checking him every time he turns to the left or right. In a state of this kind you can break every horse to stand hitched by a light strap, anywhere, without his ever knowing anything about pulling. But if you have broke your horse to lead, and have learned him the use of the halter (which you should always do before you hitch him to anything,) you. can hitch him in any kind of a stall, and give him something to eat to keep him up to his place for a few minutes at first, and there is not one colt in fifty that will pull on his halter.

THE KIND OF BIT, AND HOW TO ACCUSTOM A HOUSE TO IT.

You should use a large, smooth, snaffle bit, so as not to hurt his mouth, with a bar to each side, to prevent the bit from pulling through either way. This you should attach to the head-stall of your bridle, and put it on your colt Avithout any reins to it, and let him run loose in a large stable or shed, some time, until he becomes a little used to the bit, and will bear it without trying to get it out of his mouth. It would be well if convenient, to repeat this several times before you do anything more with the colt; as soon as he will bear the bit, attach a single rein to it without any martingale. You should also have a halter on your colt, or a bridle made after the fashion of a halter, with a straj) to it, so that you can hold or lead him about without pulling on the bit much. He is now ready for the saddle.

HOW TO SADDLE A COLT.

Any one man,

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