Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 338
ldhorse of the steppes that had been presented tothe Emperor by the Cossacks, and threatenedthe life of every one that approached him. Notonly did Mr. Rarey conquer this wild horse,but he rode him from the royal country-seat toSt. Petersburg, into the very presence of theEmperor. His study of the… … CRUISER AND MR. RAREY POSING FOR A PHOTOGRAPH. Rarey expended four **^hours in givingthe creature its firstlesson of subordinationto kindly meant authority.It was a most exhaustingtask. Afterward he acknowledged that hewould rather tame four hundred horses thanone zebra. Conquered, the striped…
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