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him Stop tied a few days, except when 

 you want him to champ his bits and 

 v/alk about the box, as it will be easier 

 at this stage to break him to standing 

 tied. Mind your rope is strong. A horse 

 should never know his own power over 

 man : once he gains that knowledge it 

 takes a lot to deceive him again. 



Last year I broke a big strong four-year- 

 old three-quarter-bred cart-horse. He 

 was strong as an elephant and wild as 

 a hyena. He was a lively joker this. 

 With one exception, no human being had 

 ever been within twenty yards of him — 

 been running wild on Burrough Hills all 

 his life. He managed to break the first 

 rope, and after that broke every rope in 

 Burrough village, I verily believe. In a 

 few days I drove his owner about the 

 stalls in Melton Market with him, and let a 

 little boy of mine, ten years old, ride him. 



