142 THE HORSE : ITS TAMING, 



well, and did ample credit to the Professor's system 

 of taming." 



^^ Stmderland Echol' June i8, 1886. — ''Professor Gal- 

 vayne in Almvick. — Professor Galvayne terminated a 

 particularly successful class at Alnwick on Friday 

 last. At the express invitation of the Duke of Nor- 

 thumberland he three times visited the Castle, and 

 gave a private exhibition of his skill in horse taming 

 and training. The animal handled was a peculiarly 

 vicious mare, which had been found so incorrigible 

 that she had been turned from the stables into the 

 park. It is only fair to say that at first Professor 

 Galvayne could not get near l:cr quarters, but by his 

 treatment and skill he, in the course of an hour or 

 two, had her so thoroughly under control that she 

 allowed herself to be mounted from either side, per- 

 mitted Mr Galvayne to crawl in and about her hind 

 legs, to hold on to her tail while she trotted round 

 the ring, and finally to fire off a six-chambered 

 revolver behind her without producing the least effect 

 The Duke expressed his extreme satisfaction at the 

 result of the Professor's system, and in a letter to Mr. 

 Galvayne said that he would be pleased to be placed 

 on the list of patrons. After handling the mare, Mr. 

 Galvayne went through Earl Percy's stud, and showed 

 his thorough knowledge of horse teeth by stating the 

 age correctly of a number of horses varying from five 

 years to over twenty. 



