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break them. One, an eight-year-old colt, belonging to Squire 

 West, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio (a point twelve miles south of 

 Columbus, on the pike), was especially vicious. This colt 

 submitted to my treatment perfectly in less than an hour. 

 I now went to Groveport to see Cruiser, and spent two 

 hours studying him as he stood in his paddock. I found 

 him a medium-sized, fine-grained horse. His head was well 

 proportioned, wide and full between the eyes, which, though 

 not large, were well set out on his head. The eyelids were 

 thin, and the distance from eyes to ears noticeably short. 



Fig. 263. — As the horse usually falls by this method. 



The ears were exceedingly fine, short, and pointed, and set 

 close together, indicating, like the other parts, great sensi- 

 bility and courage, and, if excited, great capacity for pro- 

 longed resistance. (I give a sketch of his head, drawn un- 

 der my direction from memory, by J. C. Beard of New 

 York. It is not exactly the impression I had in my mind, 

 but it is as near it as the eminent artist could catch from 

 my description.) Though susceptible of being easily man- 

 aged when subjected to proper treatment, such a horse I 

 knew I could not make gentle and hold him so by .the treat- 

 ment claimed to have been practiced upon him. And when 



