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THE MULE. 



we struck the Third Method in connection with the Second, we 

 found mules to yield to treatment very readily. I have in mind two 

 cases which will fairly illustrate others. 



When I was in Cleveland, O., after having very decided success 



for a week or two, the subjection 

 of the Malone^ horse in the first 

 place attracting very wide at- 

 tention, parties from the West 

 Side brought over one evening 

 an extremely vicious mule, they 1 

 feeling sure that" it would break 

 'me down". I was asked if my 

 .treatment would work upon 

 mules. I answered, "Yes." A 

 man spoke out, " Bring in that 

 mule." I found a very fine, large 

 fellow that had been used to a 

 cart, would kick violently, and 

 would not have tht feet handled. 

 I subjected him rapidly for a few 

 minutes to the Second Method, 

 using the War Bridle 'a little in 

 addition, when he submitted un- 

 conditionally within six or eight 

 ;minutes. The success of the ex- 

 periment was a cause of great 

 merriment, and was regarded as a 

 great feat. In point of fact, the 

 greatness of the feat was entirely 

 owing to the great susceptibility 

 of the mule to control. 



At a small town in Central 

 New York certain parties made 

 a great effort to break me down, 

 and depended mainly upon a very v 

 vicious mule to do so. This mule / 

 had been hitched to a fence out- 

 side, and outrageously abused by* 

 being punched with a sharp stick, making him perfectly reckless. 

 In this condition he was brought in for treatment. He was subjected 

 rapidly to the Second Method for a few minutes, followed by the 

 Third Method, and became perfectly gentle within ten minutes, and 

 was driven without breeching. 



