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until he gets rid of his would-be conquerors by clearing 

 them out of the box, and if they get out with whole 

 bones they consider themselves lucky. Then a con- 

 sultation is held, and the beast is declared a perfect 

 savage; and as a last resource a man suggests getting 

 up into the rafters and throwing a noosed rope over its 

 head and choking it down to the ground, and when 

 down to put the halter on, which is accordingly done. 

 The halter shank is lengthened by a piece of rope, 

 perhaps about 8 feet long, the door is opened, and the 

 animal is dragged out by main force, struggling, fight- 

 ing, and hanging back. The halter not having been 

 choked, the part under the jaw is gradually embedding 

 itself into the flesh, which increases the pain consider- 

 ably, and makes the colt strike ten times more vicious- 

 ly, and fight more determinedly. If there is a hay stack 

 handy, a long rope is put round it, and the animal is tied 

 to it, and flogged back with a whip and sticks, and in its 

 endeavour to get loose it will frequently throw itself 

 over backwards, and perhaps kill itself, or injure its 

 back, or so maim itself that the breaking is not 

 continued any further. 



I have not exaggerated the process one iota. I 

 have seen it often, and on one occasion when driving 

 through Ballantrae on my road to Stranraer in Scot- 

 land, I watched for nearly one hour about a dozen 

 men teaching a very fine Clydesdale foal to lead. 

 The dam, a beautiful mare, was standing a short dis- 



