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and he did not wish to take any responsibility in the mat- 

 ter ; that if he permitted me to take him, and I should be 

 killed, or injured in any way, the public would censure 

 him. He said further that the horse was of no value, and 

 he had ordered him shot. 



I finally convinced the gentleman that there would be 

 no difficulty in the management of the case, and obtained 

 permission to take him over to my building, where, in the 

 presence of leading citizens of Buifalo, I made him entirely 

 gentle in about twelve minutes. He was simply subjected 

 to First Method, followed by War Bridle. His collar, 

 which had now been on for over three months, could be 

 taken off or put on at pleasure. I told the superintendent 

 to put him at once at work, and have him treated with the 

 greatest kindness, and if at any time he exhibited the least 

 viciousness, to report to me. In about a week he was 

 brought back, and subjected to very severe tests before 

 them, and proved perfectly gentle. I include here an 

 editorial notice of this case, and a letter from Mr. Ford 

 written three months afterward : 



" A HORSE THAT KILLED ONE MAN AND INJURED 

 SEVERAL OTHERS. 



"We yesterday afternoon visited the amphitheater of Prof. 

 Magner, the noted horse- tamer, on Carroll s' reet. We found there 

 a large number of our most prominent citizens and horse-owners, 

 and all manifested the greatest interest in the doings of the pro- 

 fessor. A horse belonging to the Omnibus Company, a most 

 vicious brute, with the habit of biting, and striking with his fore 

 feet, and from which those in charge have not been able to remove 

 the collar or bridle for over three months, was brought for treat- 

 ment. We understand, by the way, that this horse (a large and 

 powerful bay) once killed a man by biting and trampling him un- 

 der foot, and recently bit the hand almost off the person having 

 him in charge. In about twenty minutes, in the presence of be- 

 tween two and three hundred persons, Mr*. Magner reduced this 

 brute to perfect subjection, so that the groom and himself har- 

 nessed and unharnessed him, put their hands in his mouth, and 



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