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acknowledged failure. The man said, "I haven't time to 

 break so bad a horse in one lesson, but I will give him 

 another to-morrow, when I will show you the effect of the 

 treatment upon him. 



When the class had gone and he was left alone, he took 

 the horse in hand and worked with him until twelve o'clock 

 that night. Upon my return next morning, about ten 

 o'clock, I found an assistant driving around with a buffalo- 

 robe fastened upon the horse's back. Every few mo- 

 ments the horse would snort and kick at the parts of the 

 robe hanging over his hips, and to all appearances as much 

 afraid of it as the night before. As a final resort, they 

 tried this method of familiarizing him with it. 



Knowing the fear of the robe could not be overcome by 

 the treatment used, and not willing to see the man de- 

 feated, I felt compelled, as an act of friendship, to help 

 him out of the scrape. Not wishing to be identified in any 

 way with the matter, I exacted a pledge of secrecy from 

 the man driving him ; after which I subjected the horse 

 quickly to Second Method, and in less than ten minutes he 

 was made perfectly gentle. The robe was pulled under 

 the body, between the hind legs, and thrown upon him 

 from a distance of over ten feet without his showing the 

 least fear of it. He performed equally well the same even- 

 ing before the class, proving perfectly gentle. The result 

 was regarded as a proof of the great success of the treat- 

 ment. 



The treatment used upon him was a modified form of 

 First Method. It was tried upon him persistently, as 

 stated, for nearly two hours, and while down, the robe put 

 upon him ; but when allowed to get upon his feet, and the 

 robe shown him, his resistance and fear of it were as great 

 as before. Failing in this, the only resource left was the 

 palliative treatment, which had no effect whatever upon 



