13/25 If he doesn't go for that, we pass a line round his forelegs, at the knee joint, then go in front of him and draw on the line. Father won't let the men use a whip, unless they are driven to it." "Fleetfoot has had a happy life, hasn't he ?" said Miss Laura, looking admiringly at him. "How did he get to like you so much, Harry ?" "I broke him in after a fashion of my own. Father gave him to me, and the first time I saw him on his feet, I went up carefully and put my hand on him. His mother was rather shy of me, for we hadn't had her long, and it made him shy too, so I soon left him. |