. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. During my early experience, when in Utica, N. Y., as a test Iwas required to experiment upon a horse owned by Mr. Roberts, aprominent citizen. This horse had been perfectly gentle and used 234 Fig. 281.—The Roberts Horse. by the family for driving. Mr. Roberts, employed a groom totake care of the horse, who, to show him up and play smart, wasin the habit of whipping him. The owner discovering this, theman was discharged. Mr. Roberts afterward, while trying to handle the horse
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. During my early experience, when in Utica, N. Y., as a test Iwas required to experiment upon a horse owned by Mr. Roberts, aprominent citizen. This horse had been perfectly gentle and used 234 Fig. 281.—The Roberts Horse. by the family for driving. Mr. Roberts, employed a groom totake care of the horse, who, to show him up and play smart, wasin the habit of whipping him. The owner discovering this, theman was discharged. Mr. Roberts afterward, while trying to handle the horse, was suddenlypitched at by him and seriouslyinjured, and would have been killedhad not two men who were nearby clubbed him off with a rail. Sixmonths after the accident he hadnot recovered sufficiently to leavehis room, the horse in the mean-time running loose in a large stall,and so vicious that no one couldgo near him. This case was a goodsubject, and submitted to treat-ment readily in about twenty min-utes, being driven and handledwith as much success as case is referred to as No. 13in Subjection, in my book onthe horse. I could refer to a great many interesting cases where the char-acter had been spoiled by rough, bad treatment, and I found nohorses more susceptible to treatment than
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