THE STEVENS HOESE. 



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CASE 8. GENERAL KNOX STALLION. 



This was a four-year-old black stallion, owned by Mr. 

 Stevens, of Lancaster, N. H., and is a case of so much in- 

 terest that I will give the details. 



When at a small town in Vermont, forty miles from 

 this point, a horse-breaker, who attended my lectures, 

 wished to know whether I intended visiting Lancaster. 

 Answering " Yes," he said, " You 

 will get the worst horse there to 

 handle you ever saw in your life. 

 He will do everything mean a 

 horse can do. The owner is a 

 good horseman, but wishing to 

 take no chances, he sent him here 

 for me to break. I had him here 

 six weeks, and succeeded in driv- 

 ing him in harness, but could really 

 do nothing at all with him. If he 

 could do nothing else he would 

 kick, lunge into the fence, or throw 

 himself down. I was arrested 

 twice for cruelty to him. I could have broken him, but did 

 not have the time, so I sent him home. You will find 

 him there, and I tell you he is a bad one." 



When I went to Lancaster the owner of this colt was 

 pointed out to me. I walked up and invited him to join 

 the class. He replied that he had no confidence whatever 

 in me ; that he had seen any number of horse-breakers, 

 etc., and knew all he wanted to know about horse-taming. 

 I said to him : 



" I believe, sir, you have a horse you cannot manage, 

 and I can put you in the way of breaking him." 



FIG. 174. The Steveus Horse 

 after being subdued. 



