TO BREAK A HORSE TO HARNESS.

Take him in a tight stable, as you did to ride him; take the harness and

go through the same process that you did with the saddle, until you get

him familiar with them, so that you can put them on him and rattle them

about without his caring for them. As soon as he will bear this, put on

the lines, caress him as you draw them over him, and drive him about in

the stable till he will bear them over his hips. The _lines_ are a great

aggravation to some colts, and often frighten them as much as if you were

to raise a whip over them. As soon as he is familiar with the harness and

line, take him out and put him by the side of a gentle horse, and go

through the same process that you did with the balking horse. Always use a

bridle without blinds when you are breaking a horse to harness.

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