236 HANDLING AND BREAKING. 



from the same dam by different sires, to be 

 broken to harness. Having studied them 

 both from foalhood, I knew what might be 

 done with one, and what must not be done 

 with the other. The black I put to in 

 single harness and with my groom beside 

 his head drove him quietly off ; he reared 

 once or twice in an ornamental way when 

 I had to pull him up, but did nothing else, 

 and in a few days went into regular harness 

 work. The bay, a Robin Hood, I knew 

 was quite another pair of shoes ; so having 

 no double tackle I sent her to a professional 

 breaker on whom I could rely, with a 

 diagnosis of her character. She gave him 

 a lot of trouble ; unable to do much harm 

 alongside a powerful break-horse, after kicking 

 all she knew (which was a good bit), she 

 sat down in the breeching and let him pull 

 her along. It was days before she would 

 go into her collar, and when put into single 

 harness she broke two shafts ; but was not 



