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ure, when he submitted readily to treatment, and, as prom- 

 ised, was hitched up and driven gentle. The owner had 

 to admit that he was astonished at the result. On the fol- 

 lowing day the horse was taken to the next town, where I 

 was advertised, hitched up and driven, without breeching, 

 in the street. A week later Mr. Stevens informed me that 

 the colt was just as gentle as when I left him, his character 

 being completely changed. The whole trouble in this case 

 was bad management. I include the case mainly to show 

 the importance of knowing what to do, and how to apply 

 the treatment properly. 



The horse-breaker previously referred to had been a 

 member of my class many years before, and supposed he 

 knew all that could be learned about the management of 

 such cases, and was, in fact, considered an extra good horse- 

 breaker, yet, as seen, he was entirely incompetent to man- 

 age this case. 



Any careful, patient man, who knew nothing about my 

 methods of subjection, could, by taking time, have managed 

 this case, without serious difficulty, by proceeding about as 

 follows : First, fill the pockets with good apples ; next, 

 take a pole something like a rakestale, and while holding 

 the horse by the halter bring the end slowly over the back 

 and hips, rubbing gently down the quarters and legs, back 

 and forth. In the meantime give a little apple, and caress. 

 This lesson repeated a few times would have made him en- 

 tirely fearless of being touched and handled. Next, the 

 gradual process of driving around in harness, and poles, as 

 explained in Colt Training, would have made him entirely 

 fearless of being touched around the quarters by shafts, 

 etc., and would have taught him to be guided and controlled 

 by the reins, and driven to a light sulky. In this way he 

 could have been grown in slowly, within one-half to a day's 

 time, and not have learned anything about resistance. 



