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him. Pushing sharply with Second Method, made him for 

 the moment sufficiently helpless to permit the robe to be 

 put upon him, and when in the position of resistance, (on 

 his feet) when he seemed to realize its harmless character 

 he submitted unconditionally, and thereafter became en- 

 tirely indifferent to it. The importance of this treatment 

 is shown by the fact that though the lesson was not re- 

 peated, after standing almost an entire day, he proved en- 

 tirely gentle. 



CASE VIII. 



This was a nine-year old bay pony, owned by Mr. 

 Smawley, a livery 

 keeper in Petrol- 

 eum Centre, Pa. 

 This pony was so 

 wild and reckless 

 that he was in 

 that region of 

 country known 

 by the name of 

 Wild Pete. Ev- 

 ery effort to break 

 him had failed. 

 It usually re- 

 quired two men to hold him while being groomed. He 

 could be ridden, but it was utterly impossible to do any- 

 thing with him in harness. Once when a harness was put 

 on him, he became so frightened and reckless that he jumped 

 and got away, and when found, all the harness excepting 

 the collar had been torn or shaken off. His insane fear 

 was so great that he was really wicked in his resistance. 



When I visited the place in 1869, I was confronted 

 with this horse. All said, "Let us see you drive Wild 



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