. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. Figs. 187-192.—Contrasts ofCliaracter. though held by three men, he ran away,tore the cart to pieces, and proved ut-terly unmanageable. This horse wasbought for $50, and brought to me to ex-periment upon as a test case. He wasbrought under such complete control inless than an hour after I was able to getmy hands upon him (which was a. diffi-cult matter to do with safety), that hecould be driven anywhere withoutbreeching by the control of an ordinarybit onl}. Sixth. A four-year-old colt i


. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. Figs. 187-192.—Contrasts ofCliaracter. though held by three men, he ran away,tore the cart to pieces, and proved ut-terly unmanageable. This horse wasbought for $50, and brought to me to ex-periment upon as a test case. He wasbrought under such complete control inless than an hour after I was able to getmy hands upon him (which was a. diffi-cult matter to do with safety), that hecould be driven anywhere withoutbreeching by the control of an ordinarybit onl}. Sixth. A four-year-old colt in Ra-venna, O., of so exceptionally wild anddangerous character that he could onlybe brought in between two long certainly seemed impossible to hitchthis colt in harness, because if touchedon any part of the body it would be im-possible to hold him, and yet, withoutany serious difficulty, he was driven en-tirely gentle in thirty minutes withoutbreeching. Seventh. A four-year-old colt of trot-ting blood, in Lancaster, N. H. Thiswas one of the most nervous, impulsivekickers in that country. Th


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