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a cart. He was hitched up to a heavy dump-cart, with both wheels 

 blocked, two men held him by the head, and t;wo in the cart held 

 theorems. He resisted all restraint, and ran away, and was pur- 

 chased for fifty dollars. This horse, though utterly unmanageable, 

 was controlled so perfectly within an hour, that the slightest re- 

 straint of the reins was sufficient to guide and control him under a,ny 

 excitement, in driving to a single buggy ; and this without breech- 

 ing, the cross-piece coming against the quarters. 



A fiye-yearrold colt, in Toledo, Ohio, a runaway, and so des- 

 perate that the only way he could be held in harness with v success 

 was to hitch him between two heavy horses, tied back to them by 

 the head, — this horse, in less than an hour's time, was made entirely 

 manageable, was driven next day through the principal streets per- 

 fectly gentle without breeching, and remained so. 



In Cleveland, Ohio, a trotting-horse that had defied with such 

 determination every effort to be controlled in single harness as to 

 be regarded as practically worthless, submitted perfectly within an 

 hour, and as a special feat, in the meantime having the treatment 

 repeated, in addition to being trained, was driven next day on the 

 square without reins or breeching, by the control of the whip only. 



These cases, with others equally striking that could be referred 

 to did space permit, were thus made manageable to the control of 

 the bit by training the mouth with the " W," or Breaking Bit. The 

 full details of these cases, with thirty-six others, are given in my special 

 work on the horse, under the heading, " Illustrative Cases," the better 

 to illustrate there the treatment to be pursued in the management 

 of such cases. These results, so far as training the mouth, I could 

 accomplish with a greater or less degree of success, and with- differ- ' 

 ent kinds of bits ; but found the "W," or Breaking Bit, here given, 

 the simplest and best. 



It is not a bit for driving, though it may in some cases be used 

 as such. The secret of its success is not so much in the bit as in the 

 manner of using "it, which in principle is practically the same as that 

 given for the War Bridle. As explained in the use of the cord, 

 there may be at first the most determined resistance to it ; but by 

 repetition of the treatment the horse will in a short time not only 

 cease resisting, but will follow anywhere. The impression made in 

 this way is never forgotten, the horse afterward leading, by the 

 merest restraint of the halter. 



In the same manner, when there is at first an effort with this bft 

 to control or force the submission of a headstrong horse, there may 

 be the most desperate resistance to it : but by repetition of the 



