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such an extraordinary vicious animal. He was tied 

 with a very heavy rope in a box stall ;had not been out 

 of that stall for about a year. 



Not finding a suitable enclosure to give him the 

 ''bluff act/' and teach him that I was his superior, I 

 had to resort to the following plan : I took a long strap, 

 made a stationary loop around his neck and a half 

 hitch around the loAver jaw. I did this while in the high 

 manger, and that too at great risk. I then took the 

 end of the strap on the outside of the stable, when he 

 came at me on his hind feet, striking; but when he came 

 within four or five feet of me I discharged a blank 

 cartridge from a thirty-eight caliber revolver. The 

 desperate brute was taken by such surprise that he 

 jumped about five feet high, and nearly fell down. I 

 had a helper stir him once more; when I discharged 

 another cartridge in front of him, when he showed 

 8ome signs of having enough of trying to jump on me. 

 After one or two more shots he had no inclination to 

 run after me. Although he could not be approached 

 yet, he was safe to lead into town, where we turned 

 him loose in the tent ready for his thorough subjection, 

 where he proved to be a test case. I commenced on him 

 at eight o'clock and worked on him until after nine, but 

 did not reach unconditional submission. Knowing it 

 vv-ould be best for the horse to rest before another les- 

 son, I suggested finishing the work privately the next 

 day, all members of the class having the privilege of 

 witnessing the performance. The following day we 

 began on him again, when his resistance became so 



