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the difficulty of his subjection would be greatly increased, 

 as such failures teach the horse to become cunning, and 

 give him confidence to fight back at every opportunity. 

 This is the reason, why I refused to handle the Portland 

 horse "Jet" (Case 7, Subjection), until I could remain in 

 the city long enough to see that the after-treatment was 

 properly carried out. AVitliout this care, there w^ould have 

 been failure It was the main key of making the " Arnd" 

 horse, of Bath, N. Y., gentle. I refer to these as good rej)- 

 resentative cases ; for without this care neither of these 

 horses could have been held gentle, and it is equally im- 

 portant in the management of all cases. 



The great power and eflectiveness of these methods 

 when properly applied, will enable the trainer to easily 

 and safely control the most powerful horses to any extent 

 desired. This is proved by the success of my experiments 

 upon all kinds of horses which had resisted all previous ef- 

 forts to break. Reference to a few representative cases 

 will be found at the close of this chapter. 



The subjection of '' Wild Pete," the " Hettrick Horse," 

 " Wilkins Horse," " Omnibus Horse," " Portland Horse 

 Jet," and many others that might be named, equally vicious, 

 when the character of the horses, and the shortness of the 

 time required to produce the changes, are considered, may 

 seem to border so closely upon the miraculous as to appear 

 incredible; yet these results were accomplished simply by 

 the skillful application of the methods of treatment here 

 given. 



Many people suppose there is a medicine or something 

 of the kind that will make vicious horses gentle, or enable 

 the r control at will. Sometimes, when unusually success- 

 ful in the subjection of an exceptionally vicious horse or 

 colt, though the treatment had been carefully explained to 

 the class, the result would appear so wonderful that they 



