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namely, to tie her to a tree and whip her with hickory 

 withes until she would surrender. I made the experiment, 

 but it only made her so excited and bad that I could 

 scarcely driA^e her at all afterwards. 



As I have stated elsewhere, "whipping is a means of 

 punishment, and not, properly considered, of subjection. 

 Consequently, if there is serious resistance, it should not be 

 resorted to, as it is liable to do a great deal of harm. In 

 the first place, tying and whipping a horse does not give 

 him any idea Avhat it is for ; hence it has no direct relation 

 to the resistance. In addition, it so intensifies and rouses 

 the bad nature that the habit is, if anything, made w^orse. 

 Another cause of trouble is that when excited the trainer 

 is liable to overdo and seriously injure himself. I did not 

 recover in a week from the excitement and exhaustion 

 caused by whipping the horse as referred to. This mare 

 was the only one in all my experience that I failed to re- 

 form. 



At the expiration of my lease, I closed my business, and 

 started out without any definite idea as to where I should 

 go, but kept on until I arriA^ed at Somerset, in Southern 

 Kentucky. After Avaiting several months for " something 

 to turn up," my attention Avas called to a fine horse Avhich 

 had a very bad reputation for running aAvay, and could 

 only by the use of much rigging be driven by a horse-tamer 

 from Pennsylvania. The OAvner saAV that I fancied the 

 horse, and so got the man to hitch him up for me. While 

 riding with him, I wished to take the reins, which he re- 

 fused, saying, " No man can drive this horse but myself." 

 Though I had no use for the horse, I determined at once 

 to buy him, and did so. There Avas great curiosity to knoAv 

 what I could do with this horse, from the fact that this 

 man had said that if I attempted to drive him, he would be 

 sure to run away. Before hitching him up, I took him to 



