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around, would have been a difficult and embarrassing task. 

 I had a clear intuition of his exceptionally stubborn nat- 

 ure, and determined not to handle him before a class. I 

 took him outside the town the next morning, and subjected 

 him to Second Method. This treatment he resisted with 

 great determination, and I was obliged to carry it to its 

 fullest extent, and follow with the War Bridle, requiring 

 in all about thirty minutes. Though he was now appar- 

 ently quite gentle and manageable, he made a bold stand, 

 resisting the power of the War Bridle with such determin- 



FIG. 192. Patent Bridle as used for breaking double balkers. 

 (See page 252.) 



ation that it became necessary to repeat the previous treat- 

 ment, when he drove in all right. The same day he was 

 driven to the county fair at Conneatsville, twelve miles dis- 

 tant, drawing a heavy load. We had ordinary cases offered 

 daily, which seldom required more than ten or fifteen min- 

 utes to drive perfectly gentle. 



