Lead him to and around it; let him look at it, touch it with his nose, and stand by it till he does not care for it; then pull the shafts a little to the left, and stand by your horse in front of the off wheel.  Let some one stand on the right side of the horse, and hold him by the bit, while you stand on the left side, facing the sulky.  This will keep him straight.  Run your left hand back and let it rest on his hip, and lay hold of the shafts with your right, bringing them up very gently to the left hand, which still remains stationary.  Do not let anything but your arm touch his back, and as soon as you have the shafts square over him, let the person on the opposite side take hold of one of them and lower them very gently on the shaft bearers.  Be very slow and deliberate about hitching; the longer time you take, the better, as a general thing.  When you have the shafts placed, shake them slightly, so that he will feel them against each side.  As soon as he will bear them without scaring, fasten your braces, etc., and start him along very slowly.  Let one man lead the horse to keep him gentle, while the other gradually works back with the lines till he can get behind and drive him.  After you have driven him in this way a short distance, you can get into the sulky, and all will go right.  It is very important to have your horse go gently, when you first hitch him.  After you have walked him awhile, there is not half so much danger of his scaring.  Men do very wrong to jump up behind a horse to drive him as soon as they have him hitched.  There are too many things for him to comprehend all at once.  The shafts, the lines, the harness, and the rattling of the sulky, all tend to scare him, and he must be made familiar with them by degrees.  If your horse is very wild, I would advise you to put up one foot the first time you drive him.

HOW TO MAKE A HORSE LIE DOWN.

Every thing that we want to learn the horse must be commenced in some way to give him an idea of what you want him to do, and then be repeated till he learns it perfectly.  To make a horse lie down, bend his left fore leg, and slip a loop over it, so that he cannot get it down.  Then put a circingle around his body, and fasten one end of a long strap around the other fore leg, just above the hoof.  Place the other end under the circingle, so as to keep the strap in the right hand; stand on the left side of the horse, grasp the bit in your left hand, pull steadily on the strap with your right; bear against his shoulder till you cause him to move.  As soon as he lifts his weight, your pulling will raise the other foot, and he will have to come on his knees.  Keep the strap tight in your hand, so that he cannot straighten his leg if he raises up.  Hold him in his position, and turn his head toward you; bear against his side with your shoulder, not hard, but with a steady equal pressure, and in about ten minutes he will lie down.