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/ear them. The smaller artists puff and fume a little 

 at being deprived of their weapons, but a little firmness 

 on the part of an owner who will not allow his horse 

 to be sacrificed or ill-treated, will soon bring them to 

 their bearings." 



On one occasion, Hayhoe, who was training the late 

 Baron Rothschild's two-year-old filly, Tomato, told 

 Edwin Martin to ride her a gallop with spurs, and to 

 touch her with them, just to show her what they were like. 

 The jockey did so, and the filly finished her work in a 

 satisfactory manner. A few days after, Martin got on 

 Tomato with spurs, to ride her a trial, but she refused 

 to move a step, and began to shiver and buck-jump as 

 if something was wrong. Martin dismounted, and they 

 took off the saddle, thinking it might be pinching her, 

 or that a thorn or thistle might have got into the pannel. 

 As the gear was found to be all right, Martin re- 

 mounted, but with the same result. At last, at Hayhoe's 

 suggestion, the spurs were taken off. The moment that 

 was done, the filly walked off as quiet as a lamb, there- 

 by giving' them to know, as plain as words could have 

 told, what her ideas on spurring were. During her 

 future career she never had spurs used with her, and 

 always ran kind and game. 



