ILLUSTRATIVE CASES. 



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I first arranged with the owner to have him taken to 

 the Titusville trotting park, eight miles distant, and there I 

 subjected him carefully to Second Method, which was ex- 

 actly adapted to his temperament. I touched his quarters 

 very lightly at first, Avhich he resisted by kicking, snorting, 

 and jumping in the most desperate manner. But I per- 

 sisted in the effort, repeatedly reversing both ways until 

 he was compelled to submit to it, but not sufficiently to 



hold gentle. 



Fig. 120. — Pole Rig referred to below. 



This so toned him down that I was then able 

 to subject him without difficulty to First Method, which, as 

 he resisted with great courage, was consequently very ef- 

 fective in his case, but not by any means sufficient to 

 make him submit to be harnessed or put in shafts. Con- 

 sequently, I subjected him again to Second Method, and 

 now succeeded in making him entirely gentle to submit to 

 having a pole brought against his flanks, etc. 



The next step was to drive him, which I knew I could 

 not safely do. To accomplish this, I improvised the pole 

 rig for shafts. (See cut.) As soon as he found himself be- 

 tween the poles and allowed to moA^e, he seemed for a few 



