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CASE 1. PUTNEY HORSE. 



This was an eight-year old bay, of close, compact struct- 

 ure, weighing about 950 pounds, and owned by J. B. 

 Blanchard, of Putney, Vt. He was a runaway kicker of 

 the worst stamp, having defied every effort to break him. 

 In a passive condition he appeared to be a horse of ordinarily 

 good character, with eyes rather dark, of medium size, and 

 with a sullen expression. His ears were rather long, and 

 set on well apart, quite long from eyes to ears, and with 

 good, broad forehead, all indicating endurance, courage, 

 and pluck, of the most decided character. When brought 

 forward to be experimented upon, no intimation was given 

 of his character. It was simply claimed that he was un- 

 broken. Upon trial he developed the most desperate re- 

 sistance. 



Not having a suitable place in which to handle him, the 

 First Method, which was exactly adapted to his tempera- 

 ment, could not be used. Resisting the Second Method, 

 he was subjected to the Third, which was carried to its ut- 

 most limit before he yielded. 



Upon testing the mouth he developed the most deter- 

 mined opposition. With the Breaking Bit he pulled ten men 

 five to each rein on a walk across the barn, resisting 

 even to being pulled down upon his knees, but submitted 

 in about forty minutes. The whole treatment required 

 about an hour. Next day he was brought to Westmore- 

 land, N. H., where I was advertised, and upon testing him 

 he proved perfectly gentle. On the following day the 

 owner drove him to a sleigh twenty miles to Keene, where 

 the horse was well known, and also drove him in the streets 

 while there without breeching, proving him perfectly gen- 

 tle. The horsemen declared they knew such a horse could 

 not be broken, but here was the undoubted proof of his do- 

 cility. This incident enabled me to make a large class. 



