. 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). THE HETTRICK HORSE. 203 drove the horse about ten rods, turned him quickly around, and drove back down hill on a fast trot. Upon reaching th
. 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). THE HETTRICK HORSE. 203 drove the horse about ten rods, turned him quickly around, and drove back down hill on a fast trot. Upon reaching them I threw the lines out over his head and yelled, " Whoa!" He stopped so quickly as to slide fully ten feet. All were convinced there was no humbug about that, and joined in voting me all right. Case 4.—Hettrick Horse. For a domestic horse, this was one of the most vicious, striking, kicking, runaway brutes the writer ever saw. He was a large sorrel, weighing about 1150 lbs., and was owned by a man named Hettrick, who kept a hack-stable o n Thirtieth-st., near Sixth Avenue. Mr. Hettrick first saw the horse hitched up in Twenty-fourth-st., to a big cart, with both wheels blocked. Two men were holding him by the head, and the third in the cart holding by the reins. The horse was sold for $275, on condition that he could be driven. Notwithstanding the precautions taken, at the first jump he ran away, tearing the cart to pieces. Mr. Het- trick left his card, stating that he would give $50 for the horse, and he was accordingly sent to him for that price. As he expressed himself to me that evening, he was will- ing to give $50 for a good subject with which to test me. The moment I saw the horse I knew I had an unusually dangerous fellow to deal with. I told the owner I did not consider it prudent to take such a horse before a class un-. —The Hettrick Horse after being Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digi
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