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the case is known to be a very serious one, prepare yourself thor- 

 oughly. First, as stated, you must have a suitable place to work in ; 

 second, you must have everything necessary to work with. Noth- 

 ing should be left to chance. Your War Bridle cord must be of such, 

 size and quality that it will not break or give way at a critical time. 

 - It is a cause of the most serious embarrassment, if not of failure, to 

 use anything that would break or give way in making your experi- 

 ments. You must look to the point of even being dressed properly. 

 I mean by this that you should be stripped as if working for your 

 life, because at certain points it is necessary to be very quick and 



Fig. 153. — Testing the Coli by Driving in Poles. 



ready for any emergency. In my practice I made it a great point 

 to have a supply of apples or something else of which horses are 

 fond, and the moment I made the subject submit unconditionally I 

 appealed at once to his better nature by the kindest treatment, but 

 in the meantime kept on handling him industriously, and thus con- 

 tinued until the horse was cool and over the excitement, when, after 

 resting awhile, I repeated the handling in the same manner, and 

 then, if necessary, I in part repeated the treatment. In this way I 

 kept on until I felt sure of success. I may -repeat that it is simply a 

 matter of exercising care and being thorough. No risks that can 

 be avoided are to be taken. As stated under that head, the Third 

 Method cannot be repeated with success, neither can the First. 

 Whatever is done with these methods must be done at once. The 

 after-treatment to be giv"en the same as described, simply using, if 

 anything, more care. The point with these cases is to make every 



