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shafts. He was driven entirely gentle in twelve minutes before the 

 class. 



Second. An eight-year-old trotting-horse in Cleveland, O. This 

 case would kick and run away in spite of all that could be done. 

 The utmost effort made to break him had failed. The disbelief in 

 my efforts was so great, that, for a test case, I was compelled to buy 

 him at a large price, and was entirely successful in bringing him 

 under the most perfect control in about forty minutes ; and to the 

 surprise of everybody he was driven next day on the square per-: 

 fectly docile, without bridle reins, or breeching. 



Fia. 186. — Treatment that only Confirms the Habit. 



Third. In Mansfield, 0.,v' a thoroughbred trotting-mare, seven 

 years old, had kicked from the time she was three years old, and, in 

 defiance of the utmost effort, became entirely unmanageable. This 

 was a severe test case, no one believing that she could be broken. 

 She was controlled with entire success and driven in the street 

 within an hour, and proved afterward one of the gentlest and finest 

 driving mares in the country. 



Fourth. A. seven-year-old horse in Putney, Vt. This was a 

 pony horse of remarkable courage and pluck, would run away re- 

 gardless of all that could be done, and was one of the most desperate 

 kickers I ever saw. Uppn a test, he pulled six men by the bit, three 

 men to a rein, across the floor, and this with the Breaking Bit in his 

 mouth. He was brought under perfect control in about three quar- 

 ters of an hour, and proved afterward as gentle and manageable as 

 any family horse could be. 



Fifth. The Hetrick horse, of New York, a large Western sorrel 

 horse, was sold for $275 on condition that he could be driven. He 

 had been hitched to a cart both wheels of which were blocked, and 



