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these, M., and E., W. first examined the fore-feet, and then the hind-feet
of the horse, who offered no resistance, but, while W. was examining the
hind-feet, leant its neck round, and kept nosing W.'s back. He next
buckled on a surcingle, and then a saddle, and finally bitted the horse with
a rope. During the whole of these operations the horse did not offer the
slightest resistance, nor did it flinch in tho least degree. All who witnessed
the transaction were astonished at the result obtained. The Communicator
regrets only that he is not at liberty to publish the names at length. This
experiment of bitting was the last that. W. tried, since the nature of the
country about M------Park did not admit of ridings being tried with any
prospect of safety. The whole experiment lasted about an hour. It should
be mentioned that when J. B.,to whom W. delivered up the horse, attempted
to lead it away, it resisted ; whereupon E. recommended J. B. to breathe
into its nostrils. He did so, and the horse followed him easily. The next
day, B., who is severe and obstinate, began at this horse in the old method,
and belaboured it dreadfully, whereupon the horse very sensibly broke away.
This result is important, since it shows that the spirit is subdued, not broken.
These are all the experiments which the Communicator has as yet had
the opportunity of either witnessing or hearing the results of, but they are
to him perfectly satisfactory ; the more so, that Mr. W., who made the
experiments, was himself perfectly ignorant of any process of the kind until
informed of it at the actual time of making the experiment. It may bo
considered over-hasty to publish these experiments in their present crude
state, but the Communicator does so with a view to investigation. He will
have no opportunity himself of making any experiments, as he is unac-
quainted with the treatment of horses, and neither owns any nor is likely
to be thrown in the way of any unbroken colts. But the experiment is easy
for any horse-owner, and would be best made in the stable, where the horse
might easily be haltered down so as to offer no resistance. The method
would, no doubt, be found efficacious for the subjugation and taming of
vicious horses. The readers will, of course, have heard of the celebrated
Irish horse-charmers. They never would communicate the secret, nor
allow any one to be with them while they were in the stable taming the
horse. It is agreed, however, that they approached the head. The Com-
municator feels sure that the method they employed was analogous to that
contained in these pages. Persons have paid high prices for having their
horses charmed ; they have now an opportunity of charming horses them-
selves, at a very small expense of time and labour. Half an hour will
suffice to subdue the most fiery steedthe wild horse of the prairies of
North America.
The Communicator has no object but that of benefiting the public in the
above communication. The method is not his own, nor has he the merit of
having first published it ; but he thinks that he is the first who has caused
the experiment to be made in England, and the entire success of that expe-
riment induces him to make the present communication, in the hope that he
may benefit not only his countrymen by the publication of a simple, easy, .