. The art of taming and educating the horse : a system that makes easy and practical the subjection of wild and vicious horses ... : the simplest, most humane and effective in the world : 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 .... Horses; Horses; Horses; CHR 1887; PRO Smith, James Somers, Jr. (donor). GODOLPHIN AEABIAN. 309 cold night in the lattei- part of J anuary—he saw a great crowd at the foot of the Pont Neuf, and a horse, in a heavy
. The art of taming and educating the horse : a system that makes easy and practical the subjection of wild and vicious horses ... : the simplest, most humane and effective in the world : 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 .... Horses; Horses; Horses; CHR 1887; PRO Smith, James Somers, Jr. (donor). GODOLPHIN AEABIAN. 309 cold night in the lattei- part of J anuary—he saw a great crowd at the foot of the Pont Neuf, and a horse, in a heavy cart, loaded with wood, attempting in vain to diaw his burden up the ascent, while the carter was urging him on with brutal severity. All the efforts of the animal to move foi'ward were ineffectual, and, driven to desperation by the lashings of his hard taskmaster, he plunged with so much violence, the ground being extremely slip- pery, that he fell on his knees, and was unable to rise. The carter renewed his blows, and with horrid imprecations seized the bit of his bridle, attempting to force him up, but with such violence that the mouth of the poor animal was filled with blood. With violent efforts, he at last got on his legs, but only to fall again, when, turning on his side, he lay trembling, covered with sweat, and his eye reproachfully fixed on his inhuman tyrant, who, unmoved by his piteous groans, kicked him repeatedly on his streaming nostrils, till every one cried ' Shame!' but all were too much afraid of his known brutality to further interfere. Their liorror was increased when the fellow, go- ing to the tail of his cart, took out a handful of straw, and twisting it into the form of a toi'ch, and lighting it, was in the act of applying the brand to the poor animal's foot, when the compassionate Friend inter- fered, arrested his arm, and exhibited fifteen louis-d'ors spread on the palm of his hand, ofi'ermg the whole as the price of his pur- chase. Although he had
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