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METHOD OF HALTERING A COLT. PAGE That most in vogue—A scene—Driving a colt from pasture—Getting him into the stable—Selection of halter—How to tame lions and tigers—Signs of temper in a colt—How to handle him—Tying him up —An instance of a wild colt 1
METHOD OF HALTERING A COLT. PAGE That most in vogue—A scene—Driving a colt from pasture—Getting him into the stable—Selection of halter—How to tame lions and tigers—Signs of tem...
2. CHAPTER II.Leading in circles, semicircles, and in a straight line—Bits used for mouthing purposes—Mouthing by machinery _versus_ mechanical mouthing—Placing the tackling on the colt—Teach...
3. CHAPTER III.The common martingale—The French martingale—The proper position for the bit in the mouth—Riders with and without hands—Ditto with and without seats—Mounting—The first ride—Remar...
4. CHAPTER IV.The walk—Ignorance of Englishmen as to the value of the walk—Australian walking horses—The trot—The jig-jog—The flying trot—Ladies’ trotters—The canter—Ladies’ rocking horses—Th...
5. CHAPTER V.His conformation—The ladies’ horse—Rotten Row—The covert hack—The hunter—For an open country—For a cramped country—‘Made hunters’—Pleasures of a pulling horse—Breaking in a colt...
6. CHAPTER VI.7. CHAPTER VII.8. CHAPTER I.THAT MOST IN VOGUE—A SCENE—DRIVING A COLT FROM PASTURE—GETTING HIM INTO THE STABLE—SELECTION OF HALTER—HOW TO TAME LIONS AND TIGERS—SIGNS OF TEMPER IN A COLT—HOW TO HANDLE HIM—T...
9. CHAPTER I.There are many methods of doing this in vogue, most of which are by brute force; for instance, a farmer has a colt he wishes to halter, so he gets his men together, and drives t...
10. CHAPTER II.LEADING IN CIRCLES, SEMICIRCLES, AND IN A STRAIGHT LINE—BITS USED FOR MOUTHING PURPOSES—MOUTHING BY MACHINERY _VERSUS_ MECHANICAL MOUTHING—PLACING THE TACKLING ON THE COLT—TEACH...
11. CHAPTER II.Having procured a long cavasson of webbing with a spring swivel at one end, fasten it to the headstall, open the door of the loose box and allow the colt to walk out, following...
12. CHAPTER III.THE COMMON MARTINGALE—THE FRENCH MARTINGALE—THE PROPER POSITION FOR THE BIT IN THE MOUTH—RIDERS WITH AND WITHOUT HANDS—DITTO WITH AND WITHOUT SEATS—MOUNTING—THE FIRST RIDE—REMAR...
13. CHAPTER III.The colt must now be saddled. Allow him first to look at, smell, and feel the saddle, then place it gently on his back, draw the girths up, at first very slackly, put on the cru...
14. CHAPTER IV.THE WALK—IGNORANCE OF ENGLISHMEN AS TO THE VALUE OF THE WALK—AUSTRALIAN WALKING HORSES—THE TROT—THE JIG-JOG—THE FLYING TROT—LADIES’ TROTTERS—THE CANTER—LADIES’ ROCKING HORSES—TH...
15. CHAPTER IV.Now that the colt has been mounted and more or less mouthed during his fortnight’s road work, he must be taught his paces, viz., how to walk, trot, canter, and gallop properly....
16. CHAPTER V.HIS CONFORMATION—THE LADIES’ HORSE—ROTTEN ROW—THE COVERT HACK—THE HUNTER—FOR AN OPEN COUNTRY—FOR A CRAMPED COUNTRY—MADE HUNTERS—PLEASURES OF A PULLING HORSE—BREAKING IN A COLT T...
17. CHAPTER V.=The Road Hack=, worked as he is on hard metal roads, cannot combine speed with durability, as the rate of fourteen to eighteen miles an hour would soon wear out his feet and le...
18. CHAPTER VI.19. CHAPTER VI.The well-bred horse first requires to be well broken to the saddle and well mouthed, for most carriage-horses are used for saddle purposes as well as for driving, many gentlemen...
20. CHAPTER VII.21. CHAPTER VII.The barouche is always drawn by a pair of horses; the landau and brougham are also pair-horse carriages, except when especially built for single harness. I shall first suppose a...