ILLUSTEATIVE CASES. 



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FiCr. 117. — Press Horse, after 

 being subdued. 



others, and they eonchided to try tlieii- skill on the sorrel. 



Five of them as.senibled on the following Sunday, and 



worked half a day on the horse, 



using nearly thirty dollars' 



worth of rigging. The result 



was, that after doing all they 



could, ^vhen they tried to hitch 



and drive the horse, he kicked 



himself loose, and ran furiously 



OA' er a mile into the village, with 



his straps and rigging hanging 



to him. They concluded now 



the horse could not be broken, 



and that he was j^ractically 



worthless. 



My. Press brought the horse to Buffalo, and offered to 

 sell him to me. I told him, if he Avould join my class, I 

 would break the horse for him, as I wanted just such a one 

 upon which to illustrate the effect of the treatment. 



" I do not care to join any horse-taming class," replied 

 he. " I have been in a number of them, and can do as much 

 with a horse as any man. I do not want any such instruc- 

 tions, but will sell you the horse." 



" I do not want your horse," said I, " but if you will 

 join the class and bring him in for me to experiment upon, 

 I will guarantee not to injure him, and promise if I do not 

 hitch him up and drive him perfectly gentle in twenty min- 

 utes, to charge you nothing for instructions, and also to give 

 you the best suit of clothes to be found in the city of Buf- 

 falo." 



" I will come on these conditions," said he, " yet I know 

 no living man can drive that horse." 



He and his friends laughed in anticipation of the sport 

 they were to have in seeing me defeated. They knew, as 



