Savannah morning news., 1886-04-28
CoNoUERING A VICIOUS HORSE
Prof. GleAsOn's Victory of a stallion
that Killed his Groom.
From the RelO York Times.


The Cosmopolitan Theatre was crowded
last night with people anxious to see
Prof. o. r. Gleason, the horse-trainer,
handle the vicious Canadian stallion that
killed his groom a week ago. When peO-
pie entered the house they saw a big
brown horse standing inside an inclosure
of board fence, painted green. Prof.
Gleason appeared few minutes after s
O'Clock, and spoke briefly to the audience.
He intimated that most horses had more
intelligence than their drivers, and, after
few encouraging remarks, entered the
pen with the stallion, carving a whip and
a cooked revolver loaded with blank car
tridges. He spoke TO the animal IN a loud
tone, and then walked toward him. The
animal moved into a corner OF the pen
and turned mis- heels towards the Profess
sOr. Instantly he received several sting
ing blows around the hind legs. Then he
turned his head toward the Professor, who
cautiously reached out his hand and pat
ted 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 au-
dience. Like a 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 effort wrenched his
arm free. Then he fired the revolver sew
eral times in front of the brute's nose.
The animal sprang wildly around the ring
and nearly knocked down the fence. In a
few moments he ran into corner again.
Then the Professor resumed his former
tactics. He made the horse stop at the
word whoa" a number Of times. Then
he began to pat HIM on the near shoulder
again. Once more the angry beast whirled
ana snapped at the Professors breast,
hitting him a powerful blow with his
strong teeth. The revolver came INTO
play again. Then the animaPs hind legs
were lashed. Once more the Professor
patted him. The animals coat was wet
and be was blowing like racer. He made
no more attempts to bite
In just 25 minutes after entering the
pen Prof. Gleason put halter on the stall
lion, and had the fence taken down. Then
he called for small rope, and put dOu-
ble Bu0naparte on the horse. He passed
the rope around his neck, through his
mouth. over the top OF bis head, under his
upper lip, and through the circle around
his neck. He made the stallion follow
him wherever he went. Then he put
bride on him and took OF the Buonap parte.
Next he put on big surclngle with ring
underneath. Two straps were put around
the animals fore fetlOcks. A rope was
! fastened to the near one, passed through
| the ring in the surcingle, down through
! the ring in the other tetlock strap, and
back through the sureingle ring. Then a
! pair of reins were put on and the Profes.
! sor drove the animal around the ring,
/ using the rope to hoist the near fore foot
whenever the brute tried TO kick. In a
| short time he put harness on him, hitched
! MIN to a buggy, jumped in and drove him,
/ finally starting him and stopping him by
/ verbal command. Then he had big brass
! drum hammered near his head, and tin
| pans and sleigh bells ratified. The stallion
went straight up to them and was not an
/ noyed by them after a few trials. The
! Professor laid down the lines, put mis- feet
on the dashboard, and fired the revolver.
| The stallion stood like a statue. A horse
afraid of paper was next brought in. The
/ Professor soon had paper all around his
head, threw it at him, made him walk
over it and act as il there was nothing in
the world he liked better than paper. A
Kicker was out into double harness with
this horse, and both acted beautifully.