A HORSE TAMER. 



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M. Defoy recently made the experiment with a very dangerous animal, 

 which he stopped instantaneously in full gallop (see fig. 262). It may be 

 remarked that the application of the current is not sufficiently strong to 

 stop the horse too suddenly. It merely causes a very unpleasant sensation 

 he is not stupefied nor galvanized by the electricity. The narrator has 

 felt the shock applied without inconvenience, and the conclusion arrived at 

 is, that this method of employing electricity is far superior to the violent 

 and inhuman treatment so often employed to break horses, which renders 

 them subsequently sulky and vindictive. 



M. Defoy has completed an electric bit and an electric stick quite as 

 ingenious as the electric rein. The modus operandi is simple and effective, 

 the wires being insulated by leather, and terminating at the extremities of 

 the stick. The current is induced, as before, by a small magneto-electric 

 machine 



Electric Time Ball. 



