188 7HE HORSE AND HIS RIDER 



England, " wlio could do more fighting in less time 

 than any horse in England." 



' Cruiser was the property of Lord Dorchester, 

 a.nd was a good favourite for the Derby in Wild 

 DayrelPs year, but broke down before the race. Like 

 all Yenison horses, his temper was not of the mildest 

 kind, and John Day was delighted to get rid of him. 

 When started for Eawcliffe he told the man who led 

 him on no account to put him into a stable, as he 

 would never get him out. This injunction was of 

 course disregarded, for when the man wanted some 

 refreshment he put him into a country public-house 

 stable and left him ; and to get him out the roof of 

 the building had to be pulled off. At Eawcliffe he 

 was always exhibited by a groom with a ticket-of- 

 leave bludgeon in his hand, and few were bold 

 enough to venture into his yard.' 



Mr. Earey admitted that this animal, in compari- 

 son with others, gave him a great deal of trouble ; 

 yet in a short time Cruiser, who, by the united testi- 

 mony of trainers and horse-breakers, was pronounced 

 an untameable devil, became one of the best taught 

 and domestic of horses, would follow his teacher 

 lovingly and playfully, would lie down at command, 

 and, in fact, do everything required of him. 



Mr. Earey's great feat was the taming of that 

 hitherto untameable animal the zebra, a fine specimen 

 being placed at his disposal by the Eoyal Zoological 

 Society. Mr. Earey gave him a private lesson first. 



