The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . tted unconditionally, and thereafter became en-tirely indifferent to it. The importance of this treatmentis shown by the fact that though the lesson was not re-peated, after standing almost an entire day, he proved en-tirely gentle. * Case VIII. This was a nine-year old
The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . tted unconditionally, and thereafter became en-tirely indifferent to it. The importance of this treatmentis shown by the fact that though the lesson was not re-peated, after standing almost an entire day, he proved en-tirely gentle. * Case VIII. This was a nine-year old bay pony, owned by , a liAerykeeper in Petrol-eum Centre, pony was sowild and recklessthat he was inthat region ofcountry knownby the name ofWild Pete. Ev-ery effort to breakhim had usually re- ^^- h^-wm Pete. quired two men to hold him while being groomed. Hecould be ridden, but it was utterly impossible to do any-thing with him in harness. Once when a harness was puton him, he became so frightened and reckless that he jumpedand got away, and when found, all the harness exceptingthe collar had been torn or shaken off. His insane fearwas so great that he was really wicked in his resistance. When I visited the place in 1869, I was confrontedwith this horse. All said, Let us see you drive Wild. 148 FEAE.—ITS EFFECTS. Pete, regarding it as a good joke that they had a horsethat could beat the horse-tamer. Upon examination, I found him a small, closely-knitfellow, possessing great action and power of forehead was broad, and the head in all respects wellformed. To test him, I put on the War Bridle, tied up hisnear fore-foot, and while holding him, with the lash of astraight buggy whip barely touched his quarters. Thisfrightened him so* intensely that he sprang over six feet
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