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been seen or made use of, education instead of 'breaking' evidently 

 being bis motto. Professor Gleason deserves the respect and esteem of 

 all Bostonians for the great and lasting benefit he has conferred upon 

 the horse by instructing the horse owners and blacksmiths, coachmen 

 and drivers." 



This was signed by 218 citizens of Boston and neighboring places, 

 including many eminent professional and business men. He also re- 

 ceived from Mr. H. L. Whitney, of Boston, a little later, a letter 

 from which the following extract is taken : 



" Horsemanship, like generalship, is a natural endowment. Some 

 men are born to command ; others have no magnetic force to inspire 

 courage and confidence in themselves or others. You have a nervous, 

 sanguine temperament, and instinctively rise to a point seemingly be- 

 yond the reach of an emergency. Your confidence in your ability to 

 control any horse in an inconceivably short time (to lookers-on) is a 

 marvel to horsemen. Were horses as treacherous as men, you could 

 not have handled upwards of 17,000 and to day be a living witness to 

 your great success in the art of horsemanship. In my opinion you 

 control largely by force of your dominant superiority over the brute 

 creation. This power was made absolute in the first man which history 

 records, but in these latter days much of its supremacy has been lost. 

 Many have essayed to regain that complete mastery, some by means 

 brutal in the extreme, others by kindness alone. Neither of the 

 methods have been more than partially successful. Kindness is indis- 

 pensable, but must follow the impress of fear, indelibly stamped upon 

 the animal, then to gain his confidence, at the same time holding over 

 him the symbols with which he was subdued, he continues a willing 

 and obedient servant. I think these principles are fully established in 

 your methods." 



Professor Gleason went from the old riding academy to the " High- 

 land Eiuk," and remained there four weeks. Then he left Boston for 

 New York, to make his first appearance in the capital of the conti- 

 nent. His exhibitions there were managed by Mr. Fred Lovecraft, 

 Secretary of the Coney Island Jockey Club, and took place in Cosmo- 

 politan Hall, a large building at Forty-first Street and Broadv/ay. 

 They were the first performances of the kind given in New York since 

 those given by the famous horse-tamer Rarey, in 1860. It is estimated, 



