I ^8 THE horsp: : its taming 



She did her utmost to get away, even to nearh' 

 knocking her brains out against the walls. At last, 

 being induced to enter the ring, Mr. Galvayne gripped 

 her by head and tail, and quickly put her into the 

 ' Galvayning' position. She commenced to kick, throw 

 herself down, and at last galloped about the school 

 with the whole of the ring and ropes attached to her. 

 She quickly cleared all spectators away, they rushed 

 under vehicles, seats, and to adjoining rooms, and it 

 was the universal opinion of those present that before 

 she would be broken she would kill her breaker. The 

 mare had put all of the previous breakers (?) /lors de 

 combat. Being a strong half-bred mare, full of life 

 and feed, and seven years of age, a kick from, her 

 meant nothing less than being a cripple for life or a 

 corpse, and it was not until the third handling that Mr. 

 Galvayne succeeded in putting the bit in her mouth, 

 and then she struck at him so savagely that, missing 

 him once, she hit one of the ring posts, and cut her 

 leg with a gash three inches long. Excitement ran 

 so high in Huddersfield that hundreds of people 

 would crowd round the yard to see Mr. Galvayne 

 dress this mare, or walk into her box and close 

 the doors ; she was eventually broken into both saddle 

 and harness, to pass steam trains, etc., was ridden both 

 by night and day, and sent home to her owner per- 

 fectly tamed. She was soon afterwards sold, and 

 remained so perfectly quiet in all respects, that the late 



