LIFE SKETCH. 55 



At Indian Bush, eighteen miles from Hamilton, I 

 delivered a lecture at the agricultural fair before an 

 audience composed wholly of Indians, the horses 

 handled belonging wholly to them. My next stop was 

 made at the London Ice-skating Rink, one and a half 

 miles out of town. Notwithstanding the distance, 

 crowded houses greeted me every evening for a week. 

 The admission was twenty-five cents, and large num- 

 bers of my books were sold. While in Canada I lec- 

 tured to more people and sold more books than all 

 others of my profession combined. At the agricul- 

 tural fairs I was brought in contact, as a lecturer, with 

 over five thousand men every day. Some of my most 

 interested listeners, while in Toronto, were the follow- 

 ing well known gentlemen: S.J. Dixon; Davis & Bros., 

 brewers; Robert Davis; William Howke, editor of 

 the Evening Telegraph ; the proprietor of the American 

 House, and a host of others. 



FROM CANADA TO NEW ENGLAND. 



Bidding farewell to Canada, I took the train for Al- 

 bany, N. Y., where, after seeking three days for a suit- 

 able phice in which to deliver my lecture, I was 

 obliged to leave without an opportunity to enlighten 

 the Albanians on the subject of horsemanship. Going 

 to the city of Hudson, I met many old pupils of mine 

 who belonged to a class formed there about nine years 

 previously. This time I formed another and larger 

 class at two dollars each and remained four days. At 

 Stanwix Hall, in Chatham, I remained one week, hand- 

 ling the most vicious mustang ever tackled by me — in 

 fact, the only one I ever knew able t\) burst a saddle and 

 throw my assistant, John McKeown, up among the 

 rafters; when he struck the ground the animal stood 

 looking at him in amazement, if not with pleasure. 



