56 HOW TO EDUCATE HORSES. 



At Pittsfield, Mass., I found I had been preceded by 

 a man using my name, who had so deluded and de- 

 ceived the people that I found I had better post- 

 pone my intended course of lectures. At Westfield, 

 also, I made my second visit. The weather being in- 

 tensely cold, I opened at the opera house, selling three 

 hundred of my books at one dollar each. I found 

 many of my old pupils at this place, as well as many 

 changes during nine years. At Springfield I gave a 

 free exhibition at Henry & Marsh's stable, and formed 

 the largest class ever in existence in the place, upwards 

 of six hundred members. I gave two or three lectures 

 per week for three weeks, and also lectured at Holyoke 

 and Chicopee. In going to Hartford, I followed a man 

 in my profession who, although a good horseman per- 

 haps, could not gain public confidence. Tins preju- 

 diced the people against my profession, aid conse- 

 quently the expenses of a four-in-hand, rent of store, 

 printing, etc., were barely "defrayed by the receipts. 



NOTABLE SUCCESS IN BOSTON. 



I now made my first visit, unknown and unheralded, 

 to Boston, the capital of my native State. I hired 

 the old Boston Riding Academy, 1209 Washington 

 Street, and informed the public by hand-bills who I 

 was, and what I intended to do. The building had 

 not been used for three or four years; the gas-pipes 

 and burners were badly rusted, and the tan with which 

 the floor was covered was so dry and fine that on my 

 opening night, as the horses were brought into the 

 ring, I was almost hidden from sight of my audience 

 by the poor light and the tan-dust; yet I convinced 

 those present of what I was capable, and that my horse- 

 manship was not a name merely. The next day (Jan. 

 30, 1886) the following complimentary notice appeared 



