ILLUSTEATIVE CASES. 



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FIG. 117. Press Horse, after 

 being subdued. 



others, and they concluded to try their skill on the sorrel. 



Five of them assembled on the following Sunday, and 



worked half a day on the horse, 



using nearly thirty dollars' 



worth of ringing. The result 



was, that after doing all they 



could, when they tried to hitch 



and drive the horse, he kicked 



himself loose, and ran furiously 



over a mile into the village, with 



his straps and rigging hanging 



to him. They concluded now 



the horse could not be broken, 



and that he was practically 



worthless. 



Mr. Press brought the horse to Buffalo, and offered to 

 sell him to me. I told him, if he would join my class, I 

 would break the horse for him, as I wanted just such a one 

 upon which to illustrate the effect of the treatment. 



" I do not care to join any horse-taming class," replied 

 he. " I have been in a number of them, and can do as much 

 with a horse as any man. I do not want any such instruc- 

 tions, but will sell you the horse." 



" I do not want your horse," said I, " but if you will 

 join the class and bring him in for me .to experiment upon, 

 I will guarantee not to injure him, and promise if I do not 

 hitch him up and drive him perfectly gentle in twenty min- 

 utes, to charge you nothing for instructions, and also to give 

 you the best suit of clothes to be found in the city of Buf- 

 falo." 



" I wilRjome on these conditions," said he, " yet I know 

 no living man can drive that horse." 



He and his friends laughed in anticipation of the sport 

 they were to have in seeing me defeated. They knew, as 



