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that he. would use the Second; as it was a part of the treatment I 

 had instructed him in ; but not being a man of much ingenuity, he 

 could not catch the points of its success, and did not practice it. I 



Pig. 225.— The Malone Horse as Driven Next Day after Treatment, on the Square, 

 without Bridle, Reins, or Breeching. 



knew the class of horses that must resist this treatment, and that 

 the points were decidedly in my favor to be able to control him by 

 the Third Method, which I had kept up to that time a secret. To 



my surprise, when' the case was 

 i produced, I found it Ws-nOt at all 

 suitable for the Third Method ; but 

 as I had promised to control the 

 case by treatment they had never 

 seen, and supposing also that they 

 , had seen the Second Method, I was 

 forced to do the best l could with 

 the Third. The case, as I sus- 

 pected, resisted it very violently, 

 the features of serious objection 

 being his showing the true mus- 

 tang nature, striking desperately, 

 and biting upon the cords. I how- 

 ever succeeded in making the case 

 gentle, and making what appeared 



Fig. 220.— The Hettrick Horse after 

 being Subdued. 



