412 SUBJECTION. ILLUSTRATIVE CASES. 



when this is well done, the will of the horse is so thoroughly 

 broken, and made so submissive, that, though previously 

 so vicious as to be entirely unmanageable, he may become 

 among the safest and gentlest for use. The main point of 

 success, after he thoroughly submits to coercive treatment, 

 is to win his affections. 



ILLUSTRATIVE CASES. 



As an additional aid to the reader in studying this sub- 

 ject, I include the details of treatment in the management 

 of a few representative cases. 



CASE 1. MT. VERNON HORSE. 



This was an eight-year old, sorrel gelding, weighing 

 about 1100 pounds. He had an exceedingly strong, tough 

 organization, but was most remarkable for his wild, treach- 

 erous, sullen nature. He was one of the best types of this 

 peculiarity of character the writer ever treated. His head 

 was almost the exact counterpart of that of the " Hett- 

 rick Horse," Case 4, Kicking, but was immeasurably the 

 worse horse to subdue. He could not be controlled in har- 

 ness, double or single, was so strong and tough that up to 

 the time of his being brought to me, his temper had not 

 been subdued by any treatment given him. He would kick 

 out sidew r ays and kill a hog whenever brought near one. 

 He was in fact one of the most dangerous and difficult horses 

 to break ever known in that country. 



I had been at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, over a week when this 

 horse was brought in to be treated before the class. The 

 moment I saw him across the ring, I made the remark, 

 " There is a worse horse than I have ever yet treated in 

 the State." The owner, offended at my giving his horse 

 so bad a character, said he could handle and drive him. 

 Though I knew nothing whatever of the horse beyond 



