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When I came back from roping and blindfolding the twisted dynamite I was engaged in "gentling," I found that Brower was saddling the mournful creature with my saddle.

The Killer Stewart Edward White 1909

Furthermore, he laid off from the range work Brent Palmer, the most skilful man with horses, and set him to "gentling" a beautiful little sorrel.

Arizona Nights Stewart Edward White 1909

Men new to the range laughed at his method of "gentling" horses.

Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909

The process called "gentling," was a complete misnomer for the series of buck jumps, of bites and kicks, with which the young lady received the slightest attempt to touch her.

Station Amusements 1871

Known as the "Man Who Listens to Horses," Roberts developed his revolutionary Join-Up method of "gentling" wild horses as an alternative to his father's aggressive, traditional method of "breaking" wild horses through violence.

The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

Alles has her sights set on "gentling" the young horses, or introducing them to halters, getting them to follow on leads and stand for veterinarians.

Aspen Times - Top Stories 2009

Alles has her sights set on "gentling" the young horses, or introducing them to halters, getting them to follow on leads and stand for veterinarians.

The Vail Trail - All Sections 2009

Alles has her sights set on "gentling" the young horses, or introducing them to halters, getting them to follow on leads and stand for veterinarians.

Aspen Times - Top Stories 2009

Alles has her sights set on "gentling" the young horses, or introducing them to halters, getting them to follow on leads and stand for veterinarians.

Aspen Times - Top Stories 2009

"Roosevelt walked toward him with a pail of water and the first real sign that 'gentling' was better than 'busting' was when the wild-eyed

Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Hermann Hagedorn 1923