40 NOT BEING AFRAID OF HORSES. 



determined, runaway horse can run away in defiance of the 

 power of several men by pulling on reins with any bit 

 in use. I could refer, if necessary, to hundreds of horses 

 of so bad a character as to resist all control in double or 

 single harness, by any means that could be used, to two of 

 the worst cases of which I will refer to here, out of a large 

 number I have handled, even during the past season. 



An eight year old bay horse, owned by Mr. Gates, a 

 livery keeper of Garrettsville, Ohio. This horse was raised 

 by Mr. Gates, had a right to trot fast, but in defiance of all 

 that he could do up to the time handled by me, he could 

 no be controlled in harness. The united strength of ten 

 men, the owner stated, could not hold him if in the least 

 excited or touched with a whip; yet in twenty minutes was 

 driven by me gently, and so thoroughly gentle and man- 

 ageable as to stand by word of command, regardless of any 

 excitement, even whipping, and has been driven in double 

 and single harness by Mr. Gates and others for nearly a 

 year, (Nov., 1871,) and drives safe and gentle. One of the 

 most remarkable however, was a six year old colt, owned by 

 J. P. Collins, Esq., proprietor of track in Toledo, Ohio. 

 This colt resisted all control in harness, pulling so recklessly 

 against the bit, that control was out of the question; yet 

 was driven perfectly gentle by me in forty minutes, and 

 remains so. These horses could run away with any horse 

 hitched with them in double harness; it was considered as 

 impossible by any means to drive them in single or double 

 harness without running away ; yet the once handling to 

 which each was subjected by me, proved sufficient to make 

 them quiet ir> single or double harness. 



I stand ready to handle and drive horses of the wildest 

 and most desperate character, and take such in hand almost 

 daily in illustrating my lectures, yet I never have an acci- 

 dent or get run away with. Now, although I do this as a 

 matter of business in the pursuit of which I take in hand 

 some of the most desperately reckless horses in the country, 

 I would not think of hitching up and driving a horse of 

 even ordinary bad character as is usually done, knowing 

 my control to be too doubtful and limited to do so safely. 

 This is the prudence I would urge upon you to exercise when 

 necessary, as it is one of the essential points of true suc- 

 cess as well as in guarding against and preventing accident. 



