Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-04-21
coyoUERrya A viCroUs HORSE.
Prof GIeason's Victory over q Stallion That Las
Week Killed His Groom.

Week Killed His Groom.
The Cosmopolitan theatre, New York, was
crowded Tuesday night with people snS.
ious to see Prof. o. r, Gleason, the horse
trainer, handle the vicious Canadian stallion
that killed his groom week ago. When
people entered the house they saw big
brown horse standing inside an inclosnre
Of board fence, painted green. Prof Gleason
appeared few minutes after ana spoke
briefly to the audience. He intima,ed tha'
most horses had more intelligence than their
drivers, and, after few encouraging re-
marks, entered the pen with the stallion,
carrying whip and cooked revolver
loaded with blank cartridges. He spoke TO
the animal in loud tone, and then walked
toward him. The stallion moved into cor
ner of the pen and turned his heels toward
the professor. Instantly he received several
stinging blows around the hind legs. Then
he turned his head toward the professor,
who cautiously reached out his hand and
patted the beast on the shoulder. Two or
three times this was repeated, each time the
trainer going closer to the horse.
Suddenly there was cry from the audi.
ence. Like flash the stallion had turned
and seized the professor by the right forearm
with his cleaning white teeth. The instructor
dropped his whip and with violent enoft
wrenched his arm free Then he hred the
revolver several times in front OF the brute
nose. The animal sprang wildly around me
| ring and nearly knocked down the ieice' IN
| a few moments he ran into corner again
| Then the professor resumed his former vac
ties He made the horse stop at the Woru
| "whoa" a number of times. Then he began
/ to nat him on the near shoulder again. once
| more the angry beast whirled and snapped AZ
/ the professors breast, hitting him powerful
blow with his strong teeth. The revolver
| came into play again. Then the animals
| hind legs were lashed. Once more the pro
| fessor patted him. The animals coat was
| wet and he was blowing like a racer. lie
| made no more attempts to bite.
| In Just 25 minutes after entering the pen
| Prot. Gleason put halter on the stallion, and
| had the fence taken down. Then he called
| for a small rope, and put double Buona'
| parte on the horse. He passed the rope
| around his neck, through his mouth, over
the top of his head, under his upper lii, and
| through the circle around his neck. lie
| made the stallion follow him wherever he
| went. Then he put bride on him and took
| OIL the Buonaparte. Next he put on big
surcingle with ring underneath.
| Two straps were put around the ami
| mails fore fetocks. A rope was last
| ened to the near one, passed through the
| ring in the surcingle, down through the rinG
| in the other fetlock strap, and back through
| the surcingle ring Then pair of reins wer'
| put on and the professor drove the anima
| around the ring, using the rope to hoist th'
| near fore foot whenever the brute tried Il
kick. In short time he put harnesss OF
| him, hitched him to a buggy, jumped II
and drove him, finally starting him anC
| stopping him by verbal command Thet
| he had big brass drum hammered
near his head tin pans and sleigh bells
| ratified, The stallion went straight up Il
| them and was not annoyed by them alter
| few trials. The professor laid down the lines
| put his feet on the dashboard, and fired tht
| revolver The stallion stood like statue. \
horse afraid of paper was next brought in
The professor soon had the paper all around
| lie haa / lf m
| over it and act as if there was nothing in thu
world he liked better than paper. a kicke
| was put into double harness with. this horse
| and both acted beautifully. Tonight tn
| professor Will take hold of mustang tina
has the reputation of being n desperate
i kicker.