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tance, or generally two or three guineas, he 

 directed -the stable, in which he and the object 

 of the experiment were, to be shut, with 

 orders not to open the door until a signal was 

 given. After a tete-a-Ute of about half-an- 

 hour, during which little or no bustle was 

 heard, the signal was made, and, upon opening 

 the door, the horse appeared lying down, and 

 the man by his side, playing with him like a 

 child with a puppy dog. From that time he 

 was found willing to submit to any discipline, 

 however repugnant to his nature before." 



"I once," continues Mr. Townsend, "saw 

 hia skill tried on a horse which could never 

 before be brought to stand to be shod by a 

 smith. The day after Sullivan's half-hour's 

 lecture, I went, not without some incredulity, 

 to the smith's shop, with many other curious 

 spectators, where we were eye-witnesses of the 

 complete success of his art. This, too, had 

 been a troop horse ; and it was supposed, not 

 without reason, that after regimental disci- 

 pliue had failed, no other would be found 

 available. I observed that the animal appeared 

 terrified whenever Sullivau either spoke or 

 looked at him. How that extraordinary as- 

 cendancy could have been obtained, it is diffi- 

 cult to conjecture. 



" In comnlon cases this mysterious prepara- 

 tion was unnecessary. He seemed to possess 

 an instinctive power of inspiring awe, the re- 

 sult, perhaps, of natural intrepidity, in which, 

 I believe, a great part of his art consisted ; 

 though the circumstance of the t^te-a-tete 

 shows that, on particular occasions, something 

 more must have been added to it. A faculty 

 like this would, in some hands, have made a 

 fortune; and I understand that great offers 

 were made to him for the exercise of his art 

 abroad. But hunting was the passion of Sul- 

 livan. He lived at home in the style most 

 agreeable to his disposition, and nothing could 

 induce him to quit Duhallow and the fox- 

 hounds." 



Mr. Castley, a writer in the Veterinarian, 

 witnessed the total failure of the younger 

 Sullivan. He says—" We liave in the regi- 

 ment a remarkably nice horse, called Lancer, 

 that has always been very difficult to shoe ; 

 but seven or eight years ago, when we first 

 got him, he was downright vicious in that re- 

 spect. "When the regiment was stationed at 

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Cork, the farrier-major sought out the son of 

 the celebrated ' Whisperer,' and brought him 

 up to the barracks, in order to try his hand 

 upon Lancer, and make him more peaceable to 

 shoe ; but I must say this person did not 

 appear to possess any particular controljiug 

 power over the animal, more than any other 

 man. Lancer seemed to pay no attention 

 whatever to his charm ; and, at last, fairly 

 beat him out of the forge. Time, however, 

 and a long perseverance in kind and gentle 

 treatment, effected what force could not. The 

 horse became pretty quiet to shoe." 



Did we not know, from the recent per- 

 formances of Mr, Karey, that such things are 

 possible, it would seem almost incredible, that 

 a man being left only one night in King Pip- 

 pin's stable, should have produced such an 

 alteration in that animal's ferocity. It is said 

 some have the power of disarming the rage of 

 the most savage dogs ; and the " "Whisperer" 

 appears to have found out the same charm for 

 the vicious horse. 



" Jumper" seems to have had extraordinary 

 power over other animals besides the horse ; 

 for he is said to have tamed a buffalo for the 

 saddle, for Mr. Tempest, and a pair of rein- 

 deer for Lord Fitzwilliam. The manner of his 

 treatment seems sufficiently intelligible. His 

 charm consisted chiefly in fearlessness and 

 brute force. He would generally try rough 

 measures first ; and in his perilous encoun- 

 ters with some of these troublesome animals, 

 had nearly every bone of his body fractured. 

 " Jumper," however, seemed to have some sort 

 of magic about him ; for it is said, when he 

 had, by dint of punishment, striven in vain to 

 conquer an unruly horse in the market-place 

 of Wakefield, he alighted, stood on the near 

 side of the animal, brought the head almost 

 back to his ofF-shoulder, by forcibly pulling at 

 his off-rein, and then sternly gazed at him 

 over the withers for two or three minutes. 

 The animal began to tremble, and broke out 

 in a profuse perspiration. "Jumper" then 

 loosened his hold of the rein, and patted and 

 caressed him, and was immediately followed by 

 him round the market-place, perfectly subdued. 



"Jumper" is described as having been em- 

 ployed in the contested elections for Yorkshire, 

 covered with orange plush from top to toe, 

 and scampering in every direction over the 



