. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . Fig. 301.—As usually led home after treatment. endanger my being torn off, and to avoid this, I jumpedoff. The horse, being soon secured, was brought back,and I again subjected him to treatment in the barn, afterwhich I rode him outside, as desired. The incidentimpressed me as being so ludicrous that I give an illustra-tion of it. When at Sugar Grove, Pa., a pony mare of so balky acharacter that she had not been driven in harness foryears, was the only subject for experiment. I was careful TEST BXPEEIMENTS. 625 to explain that a horse of this ch
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . Fig. 301.—As usually led home after treatment. endanger my being torn off, and to avoid this, I jumpedoff. The horse, being soon secured, was brought back,and I again subjected him to treatment in the barn, afterwhich I rode him outside, as desired. The incidentimpressed me as being so ludicrous that I give an illustra-tion of it. When at Sugar Grove, Pa., a pony mare of so balky acharacter that she had not been driven in harness foryears, was the only subject for experiment. I was careful TEST BXPEEIMENTS. 625 to explain that a horse of this character could not bebroken by any treatment I could subject her to in a barn ^that she must be treated in the street, or where in thehabit of balking, when her management would not be at alldifficult. I had a large class, and after a few minutes treatment,I was able, without difficulty, to drive her in the barn. Fig. 302.—As the horse jumped over the wagon. perfectly manageable. But at the conclusion of the lesson,the class insisted upon my driving her in the streets as acondition of their being satisfied. I saw at once a precon-certed purpose to break me down, as an excuse to get theirmoney back, and I determined if possible to outwit was impossible to obtain the privacy to handle her out-side as I desired, since there was a clamorous crowd watch-ing every movement; and in addition, a violent rain-stormhad set in. 526 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. I reminded them that it would be unpleasant to go outin such a storm, even though I could obtain the privacynecessary for the handling. But they expressed theirentire willingness to stand the storm, and insisted upon theaction; so I said, I will go to the outside of the townand subject the mare to treatment, then drive her back tothe hotel without her balking, if that will satisfy you; butyou must go out and keej) the crowd in the road. Tothis the
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