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low, very much afraid of anything being brought around 

 or near him, especially of being touched around the quar- 

 ters or flanks. Subjecting to First and Second Methods 

 compelled his complete submission. His resistance to the 

 Breaking Bit was very determined ; but, in time, he sub- 

 mitted to it unconditionally, requiring in all about forty 

 minutes. The lesson was in part repeated next day and he 

 was driven without breeching through the main street of 

 the city. 



I append Mr. Collins's acknowledgement published at 

 the time : 



"GREAT FEAT THE WORST RUNAWAY HORSE IN TOLEDO. 



" I certify that a five-year old bay horse owned by me was so vicious and 

 unmanageable that he could not be driven single or double without running 

 away. I tried to drive him with a strong, gentle horse, and he would run 

 away in defiance of all I could do, carrying the other horse with him. The 

 only way we could hold him or drive him in harness was by hitching him be- 

 tween two horses, and attaching a strap from his bit to the hame rings of the 

 horses on either side. It was impossible to hold this horse in any other way. 

 Professor Magner subjected him to treatment in my presence, and drove him 

 in the street, yesterday, without breeching, to wagon, so perfectly gentle and 

 manageable that the slightest command, or pull on the reins, would cause 

 him to stop, allowing the wagon to strike his heels, etc. I have driven him 

 myself since, single and double, and find hip^ perfectly gentle and manage- 

 able. I believe a knowledge of Prof. Magner's treatment of the greatest 

 value to owners of horses, and should be learned by all who are wise to iheL- 

 own interests. His system will enable any man to make the most -vicious 

 horses gentle with a reasonable effort, and it is undoubtedly the best in the 

 world. I would not take 500 for what I learned from him. 



"J. P. COLLINS, 

 "Proprietor of Track, Toledo, Ohio." 



CASE VII. 



This was a bay horse owned by a butcher in Rochester, 

 No Y. A professional horse tamer A\ho Iiac been quite suc- 

 cessful in the West was engaged there in business. Hap- 

 pening in the city, I visited him, and during my visit, the 

 horse was led in to be experimented upon before the class. 

 When shown a robe, he exhibited the most intense fear of 

 it. After a treatment of nearly two hours the horse was 

 in reality worse than before, and the experiment was an 



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