. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . Fig. 210.—Portrait from life of Old Hamble- tonian. Sire of the Hambletonian trotters. BEPOEB TEBATMENT. 293. 294 STALLIONS. acter is changed. A great many cases of tMs kind havecome under my observation. At one time, a gentlemanwho had previously attended one of my lectures, told methat he and his brother owned a fine stallion in horse was naturally quite gentle, but one day hisbrother, becoming impatient with him, hit him sharply; theresult was the horse ever afterward held such an antipathyagainst him that he could not safely go n
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . Fig. 210.—Portrait from life of Old Hamble- tonian. Sire of the Hambletonian trotters. BEPOEB TEBATMENT. 293. 294 STALLIONS. acter is changed. A great many cases of tMs kind havecome under my observation. At one time, a gentlemanwho had previously attended one of my lectures, told methat he and his brother owned a fine stallion in horse was naturally quite gentle, but one day hisbrother, becoming impatient with him, hit him sharply; theresult was the horse ever afterward held such an antipathyagainst him that he could not safely go near or handle himin any way, while towards himself the horse was perfectlygentle. One of my pair of matched, trained horses, nine yearsold, bought in Madison, 0., and exhibited by me for a num-ber of years, was of good character at the time of cominginto my possession; but when I undertook to train him tobe controlled by the whip, he became so excited when hitthat he jumped at me with all the ferocity of a bulldog,and I was obliged to tie him back. One sharp whipping,and leaving him mad, would have made him irretrievablyvicious; so I was very careful w
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