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give every man his money back ; with this, understanding I made a 

 large class. 



It now became important for them to defeat me, and for me, if 

 possible, to succeed. Fearing my whip would break, I secured an 

 extra one, of the best quality I could find, stripped off my coat and 

 vest, attended carefully to" every detail of, hitching, and doubled the 

 usual strength of the cord, to guard against the possibility of 

 breaking. The moment the mare was tied, she went back with all 

 the fury of a maniac. But she had no more than done so when I sent 

 the lash of the whip across the tip of her nose, repeating as rapidly ' 

 and with as much force as I could. The struggle was a desperate one, 

 and the excitement and anxiety to see which would beat was intense. 

 At the fourteenth or fifteenth blow, the whip broke ; dropping it and 

 catching the other, without losing a blow, I followed ilp the str iiggle 

 Had this whip broken, failure would have been inevitable ; but fortu- 

 nately it held out, and at about the thirtieth blow she jumped ahead. 

 But true to the instincts of her desperate pluck, £he immediately 

 went back again. The punishment, however, was too hot for her, 

 and after the third stroke she bounded into the air, completely con- 

 quered ; for, in defiance of the utmost effort, she could not be made 

 to pull back. I was consequently voted "All right." So great was 

 the exertion on my part, that after she' submitted,I was out of breath 

 and completely exhausted. 



I told the owner afterward that if he wished to break the mare 

 successfully, he must not permit any fooling with her ; he must lead 

 her quietly to the stable, back her into the stall, tie her head to the 

 post, and let her stand until cool and over the excitement, when the 

 impression would be so intensified that she would not repeat the 

 habit ; and as a matter of precaution to test her as thoroughly as 

 he could, then hitch her as I had done. I met the owner a week 

 afterward, when he told me there were not men enough in the town 

 to make her pull hard enough now to break a tow srilng* 



At Marion, N. Y., where I made a large class many years be- 

 fore, I found a twenty-four-year-old mare that had not been; hitched 

 for ten years ; also a daughter and grand-daughter of the mare, — 

 all confirmed halter-pullers. To catch me, nothing was said about 

 the character of the subjects until the time of making the exper- 

 iments. ■ The youngest mare was led in first, and proved a decidedly 

 good subject, yielding unconditionally in about a minute. They 

 next led in the mother, a twelve-year-old mare* saying, " We have 

 another case we wish tried." But, upon trial, she yielded, if any- 

 thing, more readily than the firs;t. They laughed, and said, " Now 



