TiPS ON TRAINING By JOE WEBB
QUESTION : How much attention should be given to a young colt that you plan to break and ride as a two-year-old ?
ANSWER : For his own protection , it is well to begin to gentle and halter-break a colt whenhe is only three or four days old . A gentle colt entangled in barbed ware , or in any other precarious position , is much less likely to injure himself farther while you are trying to remove him than a colt who is shy and not used to being handled . However , the colt should not be handled too much . And he should never be teased or played with to the extent that he becomes spoiled . It would be better to let him run wild in the pasture until breaking than to spoil him . A successful trainer must have the respect of any animal he works with , and a spoiled colt has no respect for anyone . Let the colt know from the beginning that you are engaged in a serious business , and that you are the one in command — not through sudden fits of anger or brutality , but through firmness , kindness , and patience .
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BUD DUNN has a problem . Dr . and Mrs . B . S . HENRY have a problem . Pert and pretty Miss JANIS HENRY has a problem , too . Let ’ s start with Janis , mainly because she ’ s the best-looking ( with due respect to her charming mother , of course ).
What is Janis ’ problem ? Well , it ’ s like this : Once upon a time she could show a beautiful , black , wellbred stallion with gaits such as you seldom see on a young horse . But the horse got too good — he became truly Stake Horse quality , and so now Janis must settle for the role of cheerleader and official worrier as her Go Boy ’ s Sundust racks up victory after victory on the way to his rendezvous with destiny in the Big Ring . With no horse to show , Janis has betaken herself back to Vanderbilt for summer school . But you just try to keep her away from the Saturday night shows !
Well , with a horse like Go Boy ’ s Sundust in his stables , what kind of problem does Bud Dunn have ? Just this : Every time he shows this horse he has to leave in the stall a horse that some folks are saying is the better of the two . Diplomatic Bud isn ’ t committing himself too far either way , but he does admit that Sun Dust Perfection is " a whale of a good horse . ” This big stallion is also black , well-bred , and hits a wonderful lick . Now , wouldn ’ t it be something if
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