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heels, — one of the most severe tests a sensitive horse can 

 be subjected to, — yet at each time he stopped instantly at 

 command and stood perfectly quiet, without showing the 

 least fear. See " Malone Horse, Case No. 2, Kicking." 



To give a good idea of the effect of this bit, I will in- 

 clude an account of two average cases broken by its 

 use : — 



Case No. 1. 



When at Dover Plains, N. Y., a man offered to join my 

 class on condition that I would break his mare of the habit of 

 running away. He stated that when she reached the top 

 of a hill, she would take the bit in her mouth and rush 

 down, regardless of all restraint, and become entirely un- 

 manageable. I simply trained her with the Breaking Bit 

 about twelve minutes, when she drove gentle. Next day 

 she was driven by the owner, and proved broken of the 

 habit. 



Case No. 2. 



When at West Falls, near Buffalo, a gentleman told me 

 he had a fine six-year-old colt that he raised and broke; 

 that he was naturally very gentle, and trotted fast, but one 

 day while letting him out on a rapid trot, a man drove up 

 behind with a pair of fast-stepping horses, which so excited 

 the colt that he pulled against the bit and ran away in 

 spite of all he could do. The next day he hitched him up 

 and let him move off, but the moment he struck a trot, he 

 ran against the bit and pulled so hard that, despite all ef- 

 fort to prevent it, he again ran away. He now procured 

 a pair of Hartman reins, supposing he could hold him with 

 these without difficulty ; but, as before, the moment the 

 horse struck a trot he ran away. He next tried different 

 kinds of bits and rigging without success, and had given up 

 all hope of ever being able to control him in harness. He 



