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or unliandled, whatever their pecuUar habits or vices 

 might ha\^e been, submitted without show of resistance 

 to the magical influence of his art, and in the short 

 space of half an hour became gentle and tractable. 

 This effect, though instantaneously produced, was 

 generally durable. Though more submissive to him 

 than others, they seemed to have acquired a docility 

 unknown before. 



" When sent for to tame a vicious beast, for which 

 he was either paid according to the distance, or gene- 

 rally two or three guineas, he directed the stable in 

 which he and the object of the experiment were to be 

 shut, with orders liot to open the door until a signal 

 was given. After a tete-a-tete of about half an hour, 

 during which little or no bustle was heard, the signal 

 was made, and upon opening the door the horse ap- 

 peared lying down, and the man by his side playing 

 with him Uke a child with a puppy-dog. From that 

 time he was found willing to submit to any discipline, 

 however repugnant to his nature before." 



Mr. Castly saw the son of this Sullivan try his efforts 

 on a horse of the regiment to which that gentleman 

 belonged, but the mantle of the father not having 

 dropped on the son, it proved a total failure. The 

 elder Sullivan's fame rests upon the authority of so 

 many persons worthy of credit, that the performance 

 of such wonders as the most savage horses yielding at 

 once to his influence might otherwise be doubted. 



ON STABLE MANAGEMENT. 



Nothing tends so materially to improve the appear- 

 ance, condition, and health of the horse, as proper 



