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as nearly one hundred of them joined my class. 

 It was at this place that I achieved a victory 

 which spread my name far and wide. A horse, 

 notoriously vicious, was brought for me to edu- 

 cate. He was an animal who, as I was credibly 

 informed, had killed his former owner, eaten the 

 leg nearly off his son and fearfully mangled the 

 arm of the groom. I applied my system in all 

 its force, knowing that he would require decided 

 treatment to subdue him, and, to the amazement 

 of the spectators, in a little while the ferocious 

 steed became gentle as a lamb. He stood in 

 the presence of that gazing multitude entirely 

 subdued. When the excitement had somewhat 

 subsided, some of the leading and influential 

 citizens were so impressed with the value of my 

 system as to exert themselves in getting up a 

 testimonial which, after being numerously signed, 

 was presented to me, and which I have since had 

 the pleasure of exhibiting to thousands. The 

 following description of the horse referred to 

 and of the success with which I trained him may 

 prove interesting to the reader : 



