LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Portrait of O. S. Pratt Frontispiece. 



The old homestead, 16 



My first store in Batavia, 22 



My second and enlarged store, 26 



Gold-headed cane, 51 



Gold-mounted whip, 61 



Portrait of Mrs. Pratt, 78 



Washington gold medal, 82 



Bridgeport Academy, 94 



Nahant Beach residence, 100 



Levviston Academy, 108 



Music box 1 20 



Silver tea-service 130 



New method of haltering a wild colt 160 



To educate to the words "Come here", 164 



How to lay a horse down, 168 



How to get a horse up that throws himself, 172 



To educate a colt not to be afraid of his heels, 176 



To educate a colt to drive before being harnessed, 180 



To educate a colt to move his body and head, 184 



Improved method of bitting a colt, 188 



Educating the colt to ride. 192 



Instructions to ride the colt, 196 



To halter- break a colt, 200 



To educate a horse not to kick in the stable, 204 



To educate a horse not to paw or kick in the stable, . . _ . . . 208 



To educate a horse not to- get cast in the stall, 212 



