CHAPTEK II. 



DESCKIPTION OF "NEVER MIND" AND "JANE" NAMES, 

 DRIVING, ETC. 



PUPIL. Here is one raised "away down" in Maine. 

 When three years old, he was taken to the fruitful soil 

 and more genial climate of Illinois. Showing at times a 

 great deal of speed, but generally single footing, and 

 hitching, with other disagreeable qualities that severely 

 tested the patience of his owner. One year he was placed 

 in the hands of a man who had some celebrity as a trainer, 

 but he utterly failed to improve him. In fact, he was 

 worse than ever last fall, not being able to trot square a 

 step, having been ingloriously beaten by a horse that 

 could not trot better than fifty. I saw him two or three 

 times while in this man's hands, and fancied there were 

 several reasons why he had not done better. From some 

 slight irritation in his throat, he is frequently troubled 

 with a cough which was set down as heaves. He was 

 strictly confined to prairie hay, selecting that in which 

 there was the most resin weed. This being a powerful 

 diuretic, affected his kidneys. Being in fine order and 

 high spirited when the trainer first commenced driving him 

 he became timorous, and feared his running away. This 

 led him to give him more severe work than he ought to have 

 done. A great share of this work was given under clothing, 

 heavy blankets, hoods and wrappers, till the poor animal 

 was reduced to a mere skeleton, looking like some veteran 



