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when excited he showed an under-current of great will and 

 courage. He was raised in Gowanda, N. Y. I bought him 

 for the purpose of training him to drive without reins, and 

 succeeded in making him drive very nicely, holding him 

 gentle. For a stallion, he was singularly free from all in- 

 clination to bite, and other habits of viciousness. Later, I 

 sold this horse, with another, for breeding purposes, to Fred 

 Arnd, a hotel keeper in Bath, N. Y. Mr. Arnd (who was 



FIG. 215. The Fred Arnd Horse as seen by the writer four years 

 after being subdued. 



somewhat intemperate in his habits) one day perceiving 

 the horse acted as though about to bite, whipped him se- 

 verely. Happening in the stable at the time, I found Arnd 

 in the horse's stall, and greatly excited from the exertion of 

 kicking and whipping. I told him emphatically that he 

 must not whip and abuse the horse in that way. If he did, 

 he would surely in a short time make him so vicious he 

 could do nothing with him. I advised him at once to give 

 the horse some apples, and handle and caress him until over 



the excitement. But he disregarded the advice, and about a 



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