TEST EXPEK1MEJS T TS. 525 



to explain that a horse of this character could not be 

 broken by any treatment I could subject her to in a barn 

 that she must be treated in the street, or where in the 

 habit of balking, when her management would not be at all 

 difficult, 



I had a large class, and after a few minutes' treatment, 

 I was able, without difficulty, to drive her in the barn 



FIG. 302. As the horse jumped over the wagon. 



perfectly manageable. But at the conclusion of the lesson, 

 the class insisted upon my driving her in the streets as a 

 condition of their being satisfied. I saw at once a precon- 

 certed purpose to break me down, as an excuse to get their 

 money back, and I determined if possible to outwit them. 

 It was impossible to obtain the privacy to handle her out- 

 side as I desired, since there was a clamorous crowd watch- 

 ing every movement ; and in addition, a violent rain-storm 

 had set in. 



