ILLUSTEATIVE CASES. 141 



Upon trial he yielded readily to First and Second Meth- 

 ods ; after which, with the Breaking Bit, I obtained entire 

 control of the mouth, though he resisted for some time with 

 great courage and perseverance. His mouth had become 

 so hard that with any driving bit in use, he could run away 

 with even six or eight men holding on to the reins. In 

 about thirty minutes from the time I commenced, I drove 

 him, perfectly gentle, in shafts without breeching. 



I saw at once that I could make a great stir with him 

 at Garrettsville, and so proposed going back there the third 

 time. The owner consenting, I advertised that two weeks 

 afterward I would drive the horse without breechino-, down 

 hill through the main street of Garrettsville, while distant 

 from him ten rods, and prove him one of the safest horses 

 in the country. At the time appointed there was a large 

 crowd assembled to witness the experiment, and I per- 

 formed the feat without any reservation whatever, to the 

 Avonder and surprise of all present, enabling me to make 

 the largest class I had yet made there. 



It is proper to explain that though the horse had stood 

 idle for two wrecks, upon trial I did not find it necessary to 

 repeat the treatment, and did no more than to hitch him 

 up under canvas, and rush him out into the street. The 

 owner was still afraid he could not manage the horse safely, 

 so he wished me to handle him once more. This I did in 

 a field outside of the town, where I subjected him to the most 

 exacting tests. Years afterward, he informed me that he 

 sold the horse to a gentleman in Pittsburg, who used him 

 for a family horse, proving him one of the gentlest and saf- 

 est in the city. 



Case IV. 



This was a twelve-year-old sorrel horse, owned by Dr. 

 Keegan, of Cleveland, Ohio. While hitched in the street, 

 and covered with a blanket^ he was frightened by the wind 



