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expected, he did not resist it, proving it entirely powerless in 

 his case as a method of subjection. He Avas subjected next 

 to full pressure. For full fifteen minutes his resistance 

 was desperate, running, jumping, and throwing himself, 

 when he finally ceased all resistance, and in twenty-four 

 minutes all pressure was removed. He was now hitched 

 up and driven perfectly gentle, after which he was turned 

 loose in the midst of the crowd, with not even a halter 

 upon him, and proved perfectly gentle and safe. He was 

 then taken charge of by a good practical horseman, Mr. 

 Robinson, whom I charged to treat the horse with the 

 most perfect kindness and care, and to go to his stable a 

 dozen times a day, rub, caress, give apples, etc., which in- 

 structions were carefully carried out. 



On the following Monday, as a matter of precaution, he 

 was subjected to the Second Method, to which he now re- 

 sponded promptly, after which he was harnessed and driven 

 for about two hours. A week afterward, as previously ad- 

 vertised, he was taken into the street in front of the Prebles 

 House, unharnessed, led around, and shown to be as gentle 

 as any ordinary driving-horse. Two weeks afterward, on 

 the 4th of July morning, he was driven by me in a street 

 procession, proving one of the safest and gentlest horses in 

 the crowd. 



After the subjection of this horse, a chance occurrence 

 nearly destroyed the good effect of all I had done. While 

 the horse was standing with a crowd arovmd him, I was 

 called away for a moment. I was scarcely outside the 

 building when I heard a great uproar inside. I went 

 quickly back, when the sight that presented itself was most 

 startling. The horse which I had left there so quiet and 

 gentle was now under the greatest excitement, running 

 from one side of the building to the other, with head up 

 and eyes flashing fire, the people panic-stricken, and every 



