36 THE AMERICAN HORSEWOMAN. 



to induce the colt to move, he sent for some 

 dinner ^vliich he ate while still on the animal's 

 back. As night approached and the air became 

 cool, he sent for his overcoat and more tobacco, 

 and proceeded to make a night of it. About 

 this time the colt became uneasy, but not until 

 midnight did he show any disposition to move 

 in the required direction. Now was the time 

 for the master to assert himself. " Whoa ! " he 

 cried, '' you have stayed here so long to please 

 yourself, now you will stay a little longer to 

 please me." He then kept the colt standing 

 in the same place an hour longer, and when 

 he finally allowed him to move, it was in a 

 direction opposite to tliat which the colt seemed 

 disposed to take. He walked the animal slowly 

 for five miles, then allowed him to trot back to 

 his stable, and iinallv — as if he had been a 

 disobedient child — sent him supperless to bed, 

 giving him the rest of the night in which to 

 meditate upon the effects of his obstinacy. 



To some this may seem a great deal of use- 

 less trouble to take with a colt that might have 

 been compelled to move more promptly by 

 means of whip or spur ; but that day's expe- 

 rience completely subdued the colt's stubborn 

 spirit, and all idea of reljelHon to human au- 

 thority was banished from his mind forever. 



