94, STORIES ABOUT HORSES.

the horse to be thorough-bred, and one of the
best-actioned and cleverest horses in the regi-
ment, besought the commanding officer to per-
mit him to be transferred into the riding troop.
This was consented to, and the transfer was no
sooner accomplished, than Colonel Quest deter-
mined to pursue a system of management di-
rectly opposite to that which had been already
attempted. He had him led daily into the
riding-school—suffered no whip to be shown
to him while there, but patted him, and
tried to make him execute this and the other
little manoeuvre; and as often as he proved obe-
dient, rewarded him with a handful of corn or
beans, or a piece of bread, with which bribes his
pockets were invariably well supplied. In this
manner, and in no great distance of time, was
the rebel not only subdued and tamed, but ren-
dered so perfectly quiet, that a little child could
ride him. He became, at length, taught to
kneel down while his rider mounted, and to per-
form various evolutions, and dances, and tricks,