254 SOME CURIOUS HORSES 



there, he told me that the mare would not go 

 into the stable, and, sure enough, whenever he 

 tried to lead her in she placed herself flat against 

 the wall, and refused to move. We got her to the 

 door at last, and she stood with her head just in- 

 side ; and, though I tried to tempt her with corn, 

 green-meat, sugar, &c, she absolutely refused to go 

 farther. 



At length, without any warning, she suddenly 

 rushed in and round into her stall, with such 

 violence that she nearly slipped up against her 

 manger, and only recovered herself after a great 

 struggle ; and on the next day, when they tried to 

 bring her out, she rushed out just in the same 

 violent way. Here was the " loose screw " with a 

 vengeance ! but as I did not wish to part with her 

 (for she was perfection with the exception of this 

 trick), I set to work to try how to cure her of it. 

 After some time we found that we could get her 

 in and out of the stable by backing her, and this, 

 though a rather awkward plan, was quite success- 

 ful. I may say that after some years we got her 

 to walk in quietly. The dealers had evidently 

 kept an eye on her, for when they found out that 

 I had hit on a plan by which I could get her into 

 and out of a stable without danger they had the 

 impudence to write and offer me £60 and another 



