HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS HORSES 
“TIGER,” “STAR,” AND “MAZEPPA,” 
AND OTHER 
HORSES DRIVEN WITHOUT REINS. 
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Mosr of our early life, after we had arrived at suf- 
ficient age, was spent in the business of Breaking Colts 
and Training Horses. An experience of a number of 
years qualified us, in our estimation, to travel through- 
out the country in the business of educating the Horse, 
practicing such means and using such knowledge as was 
then at our command. When, however, we attempted 
to do business outside the circle of our acquaintance, we 
invariably met with a repugnance on the part of the pub- 
lic to have any thing to do with a professional “ Horse- 
Tamer,” as we were then called. So many persons who 
were entirely unfitted for the business had imposed upon 
the people, that they wisely refused to be any longer 
humbugged. 
Satisfied from our experience with the Horse that he 
possessed more intelligence than was generally accred- 
ited to him, and feeling the necessity of doing some- 
thing to legitimately bring ourselves into notice, we 
