It is a good plan to keep an

It is a good plan to keep an

It is a good plan to keep an

It is a good plan to keep an intelligent old horse expressly for the purpose of helping to train and lead the young colts. I have known horses that seemed to take a positive pleasure in helping to subdue a wild colt when first put in double harness.

The great point is not to force or frighten a colt into the stable, but to edge him into it quietly, and cause him to glide in of his own accord. In this simple operation, the horse-trainer will test himself the indispensable quality of a horse trainer patience. A word I shall have to repeat until my readers are almost heartily sick of the damnable iteration. There is a world of equestrian wisdom in two sentences of the chapter just quoted, he will not run unless you run after him, and the horse has not studied anatomy.