1 1 6 Among' Men and Horses. 



course of two hours, became quiet to ride and perfectly tractable. Ample 

 proof was afforded of the complete control that could be quickly gained 

 over any horse. A stubborn refuser of the 8th B. C. very soon took a 

 delight in jumping ; and a confirmed jibber of the iyth Lancers was 

 glad in a short time to move in any direction asked. These few instances 

 we consider convincing proof of the great power of Captain Hayes's 

 system.' 



My most apt pupil in the ifih Lancers was Major (now 

 Colonel) Benson, who afterwards commanded the regiment. 

 At Mhow I stayed with my old friend ' Ding ' MacDougal, 

 who is one of the finest steeplechase riders and polo players 

 in the service. His colonel and brother officers told me that 

 they were greatly pleased with my breaking at the class 

 which I held in their riding-school. 



I taught the I2th Lancers, at Bangalore ; the Carabin- 

 eers, in Sealkote ; the 8th Hussars, at Meerut ; the King's 

 Dragoon Guards, at Rawul Pindee ; and ' The Bays,' at 

 Umballa. The only English cavalry regiment which was 

 in India at that time and which I did not meet, was the 

 2d Dragoon Guards, some of whose officers, of which 

 Colonel (now General) Wardropp was one, came over to 

 Umballa to join my class. General Wardropp, who is a 

 thorough horseman, helped me in the breaking, and spared 

 no pains to learn everything he possibly could about it. At 

 Calcutta I had an immense class in the race-course paddock 

 which was kindly lent me by the Stewards of the Calcutta 

 Turf Club. I have especially to thank Sir John Lambert, 

 the Commissioner of Police, for his help on that occasion. 



Altogether, I held about fifty classes at different places 

 in India. Except once for a charitable object, and on the 

 special occasion of breaking in a zebra in Frank Fillis's 

 Circus, I did not attempt to give a public breaking show ; 

 because I thought (and think) I could give my public better 

 value for their money by endeavouring to teach them, than 

 by trying to amuse them. A mere breaking exhibition, 

 besides being, under the most favourable circumstances, a 



