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complimentary letter, stating bow heartily he en= 

 dorsed my method, etc. ■ At Winchester, N. C, I took 

 two wild and vicious horses up three flights of stairs, 

 giving an exhibition with them and safely bringing 

 them down again after thedisplay closed. Theowner 

 felt sure that I would be obliged to lower them by 

 rope and tackle; in fact, he was on the hunt for ropes 

 and help. But, on his return, was surprised at finding 

 the horses safely on terra firma. 



After leaving Raleigh, I met with poor compensa- 

 tion for my services. Arriving in Charleston, S. C, 

 with not money enough to pay my fare in the bus 

 from the depot to Charleston Hotel, I said to the be- 

 wildered fare-taker, " Why! I am to ride back with 

 you, and will pay then." At the hotel, being shown to 

 an indifferent room, I protested and was given the 

 " bridal chamber," witn which I was satisfied. At 

 ten o'clock the next forenoon I gave an exhibition, 

 and returned to my " bridal chamber" and four-dollar- 

 a-day hotel with one hundred and sixty dollars in my 

 pocket, and having a load of anxiety taken off my 

 shoulders thereby. But here, as well as elsewhere in 

 the South, I found the people more interested in rais- 

 ing a crop than in the question of how to educate 

 horses. But I must say, however, that I never was 

 better treated or more hospitably received than by the 

 Southerners. I have always found a friend when in 

 need, and often have very willingly accepted a "T. D." 

 pipe in place of a fine cigar. The colored people I 

 found always very much interested in my lessons and 

 exhibitions, although they considered and believed 

 me endowed with the evil-eye by seeing me exercise 

 such power over the animals with my eye alone. 

 While warning each other with a "Take care — he's a 

 wizard!" they little dreamed that drawing a horse to 



