84 TAMING HORSES. 



HOW TO BREAK A MULE BY THE SECRET: 



AND THE DIFFERENCE THERE IS TO BE 



OBSERVED BETWEEN A MULE AND 



A HORSE. 



A mule seems to belong to all three classes of 

 horses, as to vices : it will run at a man, bite, and 

 strike at him, like a horse of the first class ; it will 

 again fly from him, like one of the second class ; 

 and kick, and appear to be afraid of every thing, 

 like a horse of the third class; and yet I have 

 broken two or three in a day ; and one day, I 

 broke four in ten hours and a half, so that a man 

 might handle their feet, and take them up with the 

 greatest ease; saddle and bridle them, and put 

 two or three boys upon them, and ride them 

 through the streets of a populous town. This I 

 did, in the city of Jalapa, seventy-five miles above 

 the city of Vera Cruz, on the road to Mexico. 

 But this may be looked upon as a rare case ; for it 

 generally takes from six to eight hours to break a 

 mule, so as to ride him with safety. Now, a man 

 may know how to break a horse, according to the 

 rules I have here laid down, and completely fail 



