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barn. When brought back, I subjected him for thirty min- 

 utes to the Second Method, without making any apparent 

 progress in overcoming his fear. He continued making the 

 most desperate resistance by striking and kicking at the 

 robe whenever it was exposed to his view. The owner 

 now objected to further treatment, claiming he could not 

 be broken, which was seconded by the class. This was 

 extremely annoying. The usual experiments and instruc- 

 tions had been gone through with, the class entirely satis- 

 fied, and at the time this horse was brought in, were en- 

 gaged in paying their fees. As soon as they saw him re- 

 sist, they stopped paying to await results of the experi- 

 ment, which, as explained, was pronounced a failure, and 

 a sufficient excuse for them not to pay me. It was not 

 alone this class at stake, but a failure would be magnified 

 to such an extent as to destroy confidence in my efforts 

 in the surrounding towns. 



I asked, "What do you value your horse at?" 

 He replied, "One hundred and fifty dollars." 

 "Very well," said I, and put up the amount, which he 

 understood he was at liberty to take if the experiment re- 

 sulted in the least injury to the horse. I then said to the 

 class: "'I want no talk or criticism from you. I insist 

 upon your keeping still and in your places until the result 

 of the experiment is determined. You say I will fail. We 

 will see about that. It will cost you nothing if I do." 



As I brought the robe near the horse, he was so des- 

 perately afraid of it that he would squeal, kick, and fight 

 with the greatest fury. But my blood was up, and there 

 was nothing for it but at any hazard to see the end. It 

 was a severe struggle ; but I was determined to push him 

 now, regardless of consequences, to such a limit of help- 

 lessness as would enable me to bring the robe close to his 

 nose. When I did so, he grabbed and ground it between 



