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gun ; he starts, rushes into a ditch, runs straight 

 ahead, or kicks without I must not say reflection, 

 but without purpose ; he has no command of him- 

 self, and the pain of a bit in his mouth, or the 

 sight of real danger is lost in fright of danger, 

 that was probably only imaginary. 



I have known vicious horses who would kick 

 at an object till they crippled themselves, but I 

 have known a far greater proportion who, when 

 they found themselves thoroughly hampered, 

 would become perfectly quiet till extricated. I 

 have had more than one or ten horses that I have 

 been driving kick over the splinter bar, and get 

 their leo; fixed under the roller bolt, or wheel 

 iron, when the latter was placed inside the wheel 

 (as of late years they universally are), and when 

 so held many would squeak as loud as a pig from 

 cowardice, rage, sulkiness, or all combined, yet 

 would stand, not " like patience on a monument," 

 but patience on a splinter bar, quiet as a sheep. 

 They felt that a broken leg would perhaps be the 

 penalty of further struggle ; but I never yet saw 

 a frightened horse in any way sensible of danger 

 or hurt. 



I saw an instance of this sort not lons^ since. 

 A mare that I knew well as particularly good 

 tempered, but a little nervous, was left by her 

 master standing at a door. Something disturbed, 

 or somewhat alanned her, she trotted gentlv off. 



