56 AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 



CHAPTER V. 



YORK PORT DEPOSIT BALTIMORE SUCCESS DIPLOMA GETTING 

 WHIPPED CLASS OF 3.5OO. 



EARLY in the spring of 1870, I entered the 

 city of York. The roads were bad, making trav- 

 eling, outside of the city, difficult and unpleas- 

 ant, so that few came in from the surrounding 

 country. Notwithstanding this, I met with en- 

 couraging success, and during the three days of 

 my stay I formed a class of one hundred and 

 thirty members. Amongst my pupils was an old 

 man who had numbered a hundred and five 

 years of life. After studying my system he de- 

 clared that, during the short period of my stay, 

 he had received more valuable instruction relat- 

 ing to horse education than in all his previous 

 life. 



I next pitched my tent in the beautiful vil- 

 lage, Port Deposit, and was gratified by receiving 

 a good "deposit" from the hands of the people, 



