THIRD CLASS. 



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done to this case for a week 

 to subdue him or so break 

 him down that he could not 

 resist, but the horse being 

 one of great vitality and 

 Courage, the man was unable, 

 to subdue him, and gave 

 him Up, stating that he 

 could riot be broken. Cir- 

 cumstances required that I 

 should give special experi- 

 ments in New York, and 

 this case was selected as the 

 best subject to experirhent 

 upon first. I had pledged myself to forfeit one thousand dollars if 

 I could not subdue in forty minutes any horse that could be pro- 

 duced, and in the limits of a box-stall, without throwing, exciting, 



Fig. 223.— The Malone Horse. 



Fig. 224.— An Incident of the Malone Horse. Result of an Effort by 

 a Horse-breaker to Drive Him. 



or whipping him, and this was supposed to be the best test case 

 that could be found. 



I knew this man would use the First Method, and supposed also 



