LONDON: PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
AND PARLIAMENT STREET
ON
HORSE-BREAKING
BY
ROBERT MORETON, M.R.C.V.S.
LONDON
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
1877
_All rights reserved_
PREFACE.
In these pages it has been my endeavour to point out some of the errors
in horse-breaking which have been blindly followed from generation
to generation, and to embrace as much matter in a short space as is
compatible with clearness of expression.
I hope that this little volume may prove of some service to
agriculturists and horse-owners, who often break-in their own colts or
cause them to be broken-in by their grooms, and that they may be able
to realise larger prices for their horses when properly broken than
they otherwise would.
=Robert Moreton.=
=21 Onslow Gardens, South Kensington.=
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
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