"Centaur" : or The "turn out," a practical treatise on the (humane) management of horses, either in harness, saddle, or stable; with hints respecting the harness-room, coach-house, &c. . ridiculousperformance was over thirty minutes, ere the horsewas between the shafts and ready for the road. In answer to the owners query—Whats myremedy ? Ive made up my mind to sell the brute. and \ \ t I several other signs of thorough upset. The authorsanswer was, Lend me your horse for one week. It wasat once handed over—the writer sending for it to hisown stable ; and that day week the owner, to his verygr
"Centaur" : or The "turn out," a practical treatise on the (humane) management of horses, either in harness, saddle, or stable; with hints respecting the harness-room, coach-house, &c. . ridiculousperformance was over thirty minutes, ere the horsewas between the shafts and ready for the road. In answer to the owners query—Whats myremedy ? Ive made up my mind to sell the brute. and \ \ t I several other signs of thorough upset. The authorsanswer was, Lend me your horse for one week. It wasat once handed over—the writer sending for it to hisown stable ; and that day week the owner, to his verygreat astonishment and delight, witnessed the fact of hisonce savaofe brute beingr harnessed, attached to the vehicle,taken down the lane a hundred yards, unharnessed, putinto the stable, and everything in its place, unaided, inabout fifteen minutes, and all without the slighest noise orcommotion ; the only movement in the stable on the partof the horse being when it came round of its own freewill to put its nose into the collar. In reply to the ownerssecond query—How have you done it ? The authorsanswer was, System Sir, made up of kindness andpatience, in equal i
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