. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . n Utica, N. Y., at the timesupervisor of the fifth dis-trict of that city. Thehorse had previously beenof such good character thathe was used as a familydriver, A groom in thehabit of drinking occasion-ally, was employed to takecharge of him; and to makehim show up, was in thehabit of whipping him untilhe grew vicious and got to fighting. The owner, hearing of this, discharged the man,and took charge of the horse himself; when, the first heknew, the horse pitched suddenly at him, biting him, andundoubtedly would have killed him had not two men w
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . n Utica, N. Y., at the timesupervisor of the fifth dis-trict of that city. Thehorse had previously beenof such good character thathe was used as a familydriver, A groom in thehabit of drinking occasion-ally, was employed to takecharge of him; and to makehim show up, was in thehabit of whipping him untilhe grew vicious and got to fighting. The owner, hearing of this, discharged the man,and took charge of the horse himself; when, the first heknew, the horse pitched suddenly at him, biting him, andundoubtedly would have killed him had not two men whohappened near driA^en the horse off with rails. When I visited the city, the horse had been confinedto his stall for seven months, fed through a hole or windowin the wall, it not being considered safe for any one to gonear him. In consequence of his serious injuries, was yet confined to his room, a helpless a condition of doing anything there, the citizens insistedthat I should first subdue this horse. Consenting to makQ. Fig. 295. —Roberts Horse. EOBBETS HOESE. 441 the experiment, I was accompanied by the Butterfieldbrothers, one of them proprietor of a large livery stable,the other better known as General Butterfield, Mr. Golden,a well-known merchant and horseman, and the reporters ofthe Telegraph and Utica Herald, to Mr. Roberts residencein the upper part of the city. When these gentlemen saw the vicious character of thehorse, fearing I would get injured and they censured for it,they unanimously requested that I would have nothing to dowith him, saying that if I would not, they would do all theycould to help me form a class. I told them to borrow notrouble about me, to keep out of my way; that theexperiment must now be made, and I would take care ofmyself. I was fortunately able to get the horse out of hisstall without serious difficulty, and into a small yard or openwagon house, on one side of which was a loft or haymow,where the gentlemen named se
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