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" We have visited Professor O. K. Gkason's exhibition the past 

 week at the county seat, whose wonderful powers to control horses of 

 the most vicious nature in a short time, completely breaking an in- 

 telligent one to be the most docile of beasts, it would simply be foolish 

 for us to attempt to describe in detail. His exhibition has to be seen 

 to be appreciated, as pen cannot describe. He has been in the coal 

 fields at IScranion and Wilkesbarre for the past ten days, giving his 

 farewell exhibition at Wilkesbarre, Friday evening, a three days' 

 rStand. The Professor was only advertised April 21st and 22d, but 

 after such a jihenomenal success in large audiences and giving such 

 great satisfaction, by special request gave the third exhibition — a fare- 

 well — at Wilkesbarre, on Friday, and to one of the greatest audiences 

 a horse educator ever drew in that city, several hundred people leav- 

 ing that would not stand the crush of limited standing-room. The 

 Professor Avill leave the coal fields by special train for Cincinnati. 

 The Professor has held 810,000 audiences at Madison Square, New 

 York, and given special exhibitions to what is called the highest of 

 the elite — the President, Senators, etc. — which has been appreciated in 

 a manner worthy and due this wonderful horseman. We will close, 

 for as we said before, we cannot do the gentleman justice, and would 

 advise all who can to go and see him. We admit we made two special 

 trips to see the Professor perform while in Wilkesbarre, and we close, 

 wishing him the success he so richly deserves in his tour around the 

 world. Hoping he will return safe and sound and still more wealthy, 

 as he had worked himself up from the * poverty rung ' of the ladder 

 to where lie now is, and still higher may he go, is our most sincere 

 wish." 



The next city visited was Cincinnati, where exhibitions were given 

 in the great Music Hall, one the largest and most splendid edifices of 

 the kind in America. It seemed strange to have a horse-training show 

 given on the very stage on which the world's greatest singers and ora- 

 tors had appeared. But the hall was nightly thronged with appreci- 

 ative spectators. Then he went to St. Louis, Kansas City, and other 

 places in Missouri. Afterward he went to Peoria, 111., and through 

 the leading towns in Indiana, arriving in Columbus, Ohio, June 20th, 

 1887. After remaining here one week, doing a successful business, he 

 left for Saratoga Springs, to enjoy a few weeks of much-needed rest, 

 and handled the famous man-eating stallion, " Wilson," which had an 



