216 KICKING.— ILLUSTRATIVE CASES. 



" You cannot break him," said he ; " I can break any 

 horse you can." 



" You cannot break your colt," said I. 



'' No," he answered, " nor can any one else do it." 



'* Bring him here," said I. "If I have a correct im- 

 pression of the case, I belioA^e I can drive him gentle in 

 twenty or thirty minutes." Finally yielding, the colt was 

 sent for, and led forward for my inspection. I stated at 

 once, that I could drive him without breeching in fifteen 

 minutes. 



" It is utterly impossible," said Mr. Stevens. " You 

 don't know anything about him." 



I told him to come into the class, and if I did not hitch 

 up and driA^e the colt in fifteen minutes and convince him 

 there was no hunibug about my treatment, that I would 

 not only give him his money back, but $25, in addition, 

 also guaranteeing to give him $500, if I injured the horse 

 in any Avay. 



He looked at me sharj^l}^, saying, " I do not know 

 Avhat to think of it. Either you are one of the worst hum- 

 bugs in the world, or else you know more about horses than 

 any other living man ; I do not knoAV which." He finally 

 concluded to join the class, with the understanding that if 

 I failed in the least he should hold me strictly responsible 

 for any damage done to the horse. On this condition I 

 took his name and money. 



I saw at once where the trouble was. The colt was in- 

 tensely sensitive, but intelligent, and any treatment which 

 would excite him in the least Avould make him a most dif- 

 ficult subject to manage. I knew also just the treatment 

 he would bear. He Avas so nervous that when the bedding 

 Avas being scraped up, or moved behind him, he Avould al- 

 most jump into the manger from fear. He Avas subjected 

 Avith care to the Third Method, using only ordinary press- 



