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KICKING. ILLUSTRATIVE CASES. 



ing the city he desired me to take the horse with me for a 

 few weeks, which I did. Finding his constitution had been 

 seriously injured by the severity of the treatment to which 

 he had been previously subjected in the effort to break 

 him, and that the least use of him got him off his feed, 

 to improve his condition I had him carefully fed, and kept 

 quiet during the time in my care, over a month, intending, 

 as a matter of safety, before allowing him to be taken away, 

 to give him another short lesson ; but while I was absent 

 the owner sent for him. After letting him rest a short 



FIG. 170. The Malone Horse as driven, next day after treatment, on the 

 Square, without bridle, reins, or breeching. 



time, he hitched him to a buggy, took in a friend, and drove 

 around the city all right. But when near home, on driv- 

 ing sharply round a corner at the Kenard House, perceiv- 

 ing the horse wiggle his tail as if to kick, he jumped out on 

 one side, and his friend on the other. The horse, finding 

 himself free, ran away, and tore the wagon to pieces. Some 

 said he kicked ; others that he did not. Happening in the 

 city the next day, and hearing that the famous Malone 

 horse had run away, I called upon Mr. R. for an explana- 

 tion. The moment he saw me he said : 



