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til I knew what he would bear, as it might cause me con- 

 siderable trouble to get to him, and besides expose the 

 class to accident. As he could be led safely by keeping 

 well out to the end of the halter, I had him taken over to 

 my place, on the opposite side of the street, and tied to the 

 center-pole. I found I could not go near him to touch any 

 part of his body without getting struck or kicked. His re- 

 sistance was so remarkable in this respect that I give an il- 

 lustration of it. But once getting my hands upon him, 

 which took me nearly an hour to do, I was so provoked 



FIG. 173 - The Hettrick Horse as driven in the street next day. 



that I did not stop until I had completely subdued him. I 

 subjected him to Second Method, which he resisted, acting 

 more like a wild, untamable animal than a horse. At one 

 time he jumped over the rope upon the seats, breaking , 

 down several of them, just such an accident as I had an- 

 ticipated. I next subjected him to First Method, then 

 again to Second, which completely subdued him. The rest 

 was easy ; he was simply tested with the Breaking Bit un- 

 til compelled to submit to it. He was hitched up the next 

 day, driven to Central Park, and proved entirely gen- 

 tle, in single or double harness. He had so much of the 

 wild, mustang nature that, notwithstanding his entire do- 

 cility in harness, it would have been a dangerous experi- 



