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breast, hitting him a powerful blow with his strong teeth. The re- 

 volver came into play again. Then the animal's hind legs were 

 lashed. Once more the Professor patted him. The animal's coat was 

 wet and he was blowing like a racer. He made no more atteinpts lo 

 bite. 



In just twenty-five minutes after entering the pen Professor Gleason 

 put a halter on the stallion, and had the fence taken down. Then he 

 called for a small rope, and put a " double Bonaparte " on the horse. 

 He passed the rope around his neck, through his mouth, over the top 

 of his head, under his upper lip, and through the circle around his 

 neck. He made the stallion follow him wherever he went. Then he 

 put a bridle on him, and took off the Bonaparte. Next he put on a 

 big surcingle with a ring underneath. Two straps were put around 

 the animal's fore fetlocks. A rope was fastened to the near one, 

 passed through the ring in the surcingle, down through the ring in 

 the other fetlock strap, and back through the surcingle ring. Then a 

 pair of reins were put on. and the Professor drove the animal around 

 the ring, usiag the rope to hoist the near fore foot whenever the brute 

 tried to kick. In a short time he put the harness on him, hitched him 

 to a buggy, juniped in and drove him, finally starting him and stop- 

 ping liim by verbal command. Then he had a big bass drum ham- 

 mered near his head, and tin pans and sleigh-bells rattled. The 

 stallion went straight up to them, and was not annoyed by them after 

 a few trials. The Professor laid down the lines, put his feet on the 

 dashboard, and fired the revolver. The stallion stood like a statue. 

 A horse afraid of paper was next brought in. The Professor soon 

 had paper all around his held, threw it at him, made him w^alk over 

 it, and act as if there was nothing in the world he liked better than 

 paper. A kicker was put inco double harness with this horse, and 

 both acted beautifully. 



A few days later " Rysdyck " was driven about the streets of New 

 York, a perfect model of gentleness. At another exhibition that same 

 week, another notorious brute, called " Ugly Mary," was managed by 

 Professor Gleason. Says a reporter of the scene in the New York Sun : 



" 'Ugly Mary,' a big chestnut mare, with a muzzle on, w\as brought 

 into the Cosmopolitan Hall ring last night, and a call was made for 

 her owner to tell what vice she had. Mr. Jones, manager of Derland's 



