60 AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 



great pleasure of enrolling the names of three 

 thousand five hundred of her citizens as mem- 

 bers of my class. 



My stay in Baltimore was especially marked 

 by kindnesses from numerous members of my . 

 large class, many of whom it would give me 

 pleasure to name, associated as numbers of them 

 are with pleasant seasons of enjoyment, but lest 

 I should become prolix, I will content myself 

 with saying that most unexpectedly to* me my 

 class presented me with a flattering address 

 accompanied by an elegant whip mounted with 

 gold and inlaid with pearl a gift both beautiful 

 and useful. How it occurred is described by the 

 pen of another as follows : 



How PROFESSOR PRATT WAS WHIPPED BY THE BALTI- 

 MOREANS. The Amphitheatre of Prof. Pratt, the Horse Ed- 

 ucator, at the corner of Green and Pratt streets, was crowded 

 on Thursday night, by an appreciative audience, to witness 

 the education of a number of horses. Near the close of the 

 free exhibition, an interruption occurred by a Mr. Murdock, 

 introducing F. P. Stevens, Esq., a member of the Baltimore 

 Bar, who made the following eloquent and pithy speech, in 

 presenting an elaborate whip to Prof. Pratt : " On behalf of 



