The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-05-20
ooNQvERsAo A VICIOUS HORSE.
A Trainers Victory Over Man-K1ll"
Ing Stallion.

ing Stallion.
The Cosmopolitan theaterwas crowded
last night with people anxious to see
Prof. 0. r. Gleason, the horse-traner,
handle the vicious Canadian stallion
that killed his groom a week ago.
When people entered the house they
saw big brown horse standing inside
an Enclosure of board fence, painted
green. Prof. Gleason appeared few
minutes after 8 and spoke briefly to the
audience. He intimated that most
horses had more intelligence than their
drivers, and after a few encouraging re-
marks, entered the pen with the stall
lion carrying a whip and cooked re-
vover loaded with blank cartridges.
He spoke to the animal in loud tone,
and then walked toward him. The
stallion moved into a corner of the pen
and turned his heels toward the profess
sor. Instantly he received several
singing 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
audience. 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 effort wrenched his
arm free. Then he fired the revolver
several times in front of the brute $
nose. The animal sprang wildly around
the ring and nearly Knocked down the
fence. In few moments he ran into a
corner again. Then the professor re-
sumed his former tactics He made the
horse stop at the word whoa num-
Der of times. Then he began to pat
him on the near shoulder again. Once
more the angry beast whirled and
snapped at the professor breast, hit
ing him a powerful blow with his
strong teeth. The revolver came into
play again. Then the animals hind
egs were lashed. Once more the pro-
lessor patted him. The animals coat
was wet. and he was blowing like a
racer. He made no more attempts to
bite.
In Just TWENTY-FIVE minutes after en-
tering the pen Prof. Gleason put hal
Ter on the stallion, and had the fence
taken down. Then he called for small
cope. and put double Bonaparte on
the horse. He passed the rope around
his neck. through his mouth, over the
top of his head, under his upper lip, and
through the circle around his neck.
He made the stallion follow him wher-
ever he went. Then he put bride on
him and took off the Bonaparte.
Next he put on big surcingle with a
ring underneath. Two straps were put
around the animals fore fetlocks. A
rope was fastened to the near one, pass
ed through the ring in the surcingle.
down through the ring in the other fet-
lock strap, and back through the sur
cingle ring. Then pair of reins were
put on, and the professor drove the an
imal around the ring. using the rope to
hoist the near forefoot whenever the
brute tried to kick. In short time
rs put harness on him. hitched him to
4 buggy. jumped in and drove him.
finally starting him and stopping him
by verbal command. Then he had a
big brass drum hammered near his
head, and tin pans and sleigh bells
ratified. The stallion went straight up
10 them. and was not annoyed by them
after few trials The professor laid
down the lines, put his feet on the dash
board, and fired the revolver. The
stallion stood like statue. A horse
afraid of paper was next brought in.
The professor soon had paper all
around his head, threw it at him, and
made him walk over it and act as if
there was nothing in the world he liked
better than paper, A kicker was put
into double harness with this horse.
and both acted beautifully. --Ne,o Iorh
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