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interesting one, and extremely exciting, but was 

 not wanting in humour. Several of the pupils 

 quickly made their way to places of safety as the 

 animal began its gymnastics, and one in a great 

 hurry stumbled over the seats in his desire to escape 

 from the angry colt. The remarkable coolness of 

 Professor Galvayne, and the keen yet calculating and 

 determined manner in which he manages to subdue 

 the fiery nature of the most stubborn of the equine 

 race, commands at once the admiration of all who 

 witness his combats, in which he always proves a 

 master of his art. This colt was sold for ^45, and is 

 now a perfectly tractable hunter." 



" Scottish Leader',' February yth, i88j. — " Taming a 

 Vicious Stallion. — The celebrated Australian horse 

 tamer and trainer gave another example on Saturday 

 afternoon, at the Royal Riding School, Tollcross, of 

 his wonderful skill in taming and training wild horses, 

 before an audience of about 300 ladies and gentlemen. 

 The subject operated upon was a thorough-bred 

 stallion, whose vices consisted of a desire to savage 

 people, and buck and kick any person off his back, 

 no matter how good a horseman he was. After 

 applying his system to the horse, the Professor put 

 on long reins, drove for a short time, and then turned 

 the animal loose in the ring. The horse obeyed more 

 like one trained to go through a performance in a 



