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I reminded them that it would be unpleasant to go out 

 in such a storm, even though I could obtain the privacy 

 necessary for the handling. But they expressed their 

 entire willingness to stand the storm, and insisted upon the 

 action ; so I said, " I will go to the outside of the town 

 and subject the mare to treatment, then drive her back to 

 the hotel without her balking, if that will satisfy you ; but 

 you must go out and keep the crowd in the road." To 

 this they agreed. 



I then directed the class to go in a body to the gate, 

 and keep the crowd back as I passed through, promising 

 not to keep them waiting more than five minutes. But 

 regardless of the storm and opposition, the moment I 

 passed beyond the gate, the crowd went right and left over 

 the fence after me ; and the class also, being anxious to 

 see what I would do, followed in a body. Finally, by the 

 aid of the class, I succeeded in holding outsiders in a circle 

 of about fifty feet distant, when I subjected the mare 

 quickly to the Second Method. 



Having everything ready, I hitched her to the wagon 

 before she could concentrate her purpose to resist, jumped 

 in, and gave her a sharp touch with the whip, at the same 

 time pulling the near rein, when she started off on a trot, 

 then on a run, in a circle around the field. This accom- 

 plished, I told them to open the gate, or I would drive 

 over it. The cracking of the whip, and the yelling 

 and shouting from the crowd of men and boys follow- 

 ing, were sufficient to frighten the mare into going back to 

 the hotel all right. I then jumped out, saying, " I guess 

 that will do." All laughed good humoredly, saying, " He 

 did it. It is all right." 



The severe shower made a reasonable excuse for the 

 quick rush. The real difficulty was in not having sufficient 

 privacy or opportunity to subject her to treatment for 



