Black Beauty

Merrylegs's experience with the boys in Black Beauty is very unpleasant. They use hazel sticks for riding whips and beat the horse much too hard. Eventually, Merrylegs rears up and lets them slip...

Merrylegs is called a "rogue" by James because he mischievously taught a lesson to young boys who were riding him too hard. The boys, ignoring Merrylegs's signals to stop, used sticks to drive him...