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whom were Mayor Fox, General George Cadwalder, J. W. 

 Drexel, banker, who were on the committee of presentation, 

 and who gave the testimonial as a token of the appreciation 

 of his efforts with the horse and a proof of the value of the 

 system to them. After a lecture explanatory of his plan of 

 education which lasted nearly an hour, the Professor ordered 

 a horse to be brought in which was afraid of a robe. In less 

 than fifteen minutes after he came in, he was walking over t 

 the robe, had it thrown over his head and in his face, but 

 the scare was gone. His education in robes being pro- 

 nounced completed, he was taken away and a horse that 

 would not back brought in. He however, soon proved very 

 tractable, backing while in and out of harness at the words. 

 The next Animal to claim the Professor's attention was a 

 large stiff-neck mule furnished by Mr. S. S. Blair, of the 

 Northern Central Railway. As was expected the mule was 

 far more difficult to handle, yet in less than three minutes 

 after he was subjected to proper treatment and followed the 

 Professor, and after the system was entirely applied he was 

 mounted and ridden off by an attendant, going quietly as 

 any one could desire. Thus closed an evening at Professor 

 Pratt's. On conversing with this worthy gentleman, we learn 

 he is from Buffalo, N. Y. Has been giving the system to 

 the public five years. He probably handled more horses 

 than any other man living. Was in Philadelphia five months, 

 having there a class of 4,886. In less than three weeks' so- 

 journ among us he has secured over 1,000 members to his 

 class, and we saw such men as M. B. Clarke, Henry Tyson, 

 Drs. McNamus and Whitridge, George Robinson, George 

 Small, Gen. W. E. Ross, J. Riddlemoser, Jr., Gen. J. S. Berry, 



