52 HOW TO EDUCATE HORSES. 



The sale amounted to about $40,000; the auctioneer 

 was Captain Kidd. 



Subsequently, I received a very complimentary 

 letter from Mr. Hamlin, dated July 2, 1885, in which 

 he says: " I have seen you handle a large number of 

 horses, and consider your method of training and sub- 

 duing vicious animals unsurpassed." Also one stat- 

 ing that my "system is far ahead of that of Rockwell 

 and Hurlburt; it is simple, practical, scientific, and at- 

 tended with no cruelty." This was signed by Dr. A. 

 C. Hoxsie, Buffalo, N. Y., James Higgins, F. L. Thur- 

 ber, J. B. Jebby, M. Conlon, W. A. Buchanan, C M. 

 Gioton, O. A. Cary, Chas. Jacob, Miles Dexter, H. A. 

 Clark, F. G. Underwood, Lewis Strout, R. T. Thomp- 

 son, P. D. Westcott, Thos. H. Smith, B. C. Frazee, 

 and others. In this connection I will give the follow- 

 ing letter from the original owner of the one hundred- 

 thousand-dollar famous Broncho horses: 



"Chicago, III., Jan. 28,1885. 

 " To the Public: 



" Having had the pleasure of witnessing Professor 

 Oscar R. Gleason's marvellous feats of horsemanship 

 at Grenier's Madison Street Garden, in this city, and 

 seeing him educate some very vicious horses, I con- 

 sider him the most expert horse-educator I have seen 

 for years. 



"Truly yours, W. C. Coup." 



RETURN TO LECTURING AND EXHIBITING. 



Managing a stock farm, I found, was not the busi- 

 ness for Oscar R. Gleason; consequently, about July, 

 1885, I concluded to return to a position in which I 

 could impart to the masses the information I had 

 acquired by nearly ten years of patient research and 



