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his teeth, let go, grabbed and bit it again, and so repeated, 

 five times in succession, when his Avhole nature seemed to 

 suddenly change, and he submitted to it without the least 

 resistance. I now rubbed it gently over his head and 

 body, then untied him and repeated the rubbing, followed 

 by throwing it upon him gentl}^ In a few moments I 

 could stand and throw it upon him without his caring for 

 it. All were now delighted with the result. Every man 

 paid his fee cheerfully. The pony was led home by his 

 owner, who carried a robe over his shoulder dangling be- 

 fore the horse's head, while another was thrown over the 

 horse's head and neck, he being as indifferent to it as if he 

 had never been frightened by such an object. All present 

 voted, "I was a good fellow." 



Case VI. 



This was a five-year-old colt of a cold-blooded, sullen 

 nature, owned by Mr. J. C. Collins, proprietor of the trott- 

 ing track in Toledo, Ohio. Though a thoroughly practical 

 horseman, he could do nothing with this horse. The only 

 way he could drive him was b>' hitching him between two 

 heavier horses and tying him back to them by the head. 



This gentleman was persuaded to join the class, as he 

 afterward stated to the writer, " with the expectation of 

 being fooled." After witnessing the experiments on a num- 

 ber of very bad horses, he came forward, saying, '' he had 

 a horse that he would like to see me drive, and would 

 bring him in next day ; that it was the only horse he ever 

 had he was willing to take off' his hat to, and say he could 

 not Ijreak ; that if I could break and drive him in the time 

 claimed, he would be convinced I could break any horse in 

 the world." 



I found the horse a strong, determined, impulsive fel- 



