66 AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 



J. Howard McHenry, R. Stockhart Mathews, all of whom 

 highly endorse Prof. Pratt's system of educating the horse. 

 Mr. Mathews, who has seen Rarey, Rockwell, and others, 

 says this is far superior to all of them. 



After closing my labors in Baltimore, I took 

 a few days of rest. My mind was in search of 

 new knowledge to add to and improve my sys- 

 tem, and to that object I devoted my time while 

 relieved of more active duties. I thoroughly re- 

 vised my system of educating and mode of treat- 

 ing the horse ; after which I invited the criticisms 

 of a number of men of intellect and experience, 

 to whom I submitted my views and asked them 

 for their candid verdict, when, to my great satis- 

 faction, they expressed their unqualified appro- 

 bation. If anything had been needed to confirm 

 my opinion of the perfection of my now com- 

 pleted system, such an endorsement might justly 

 have done so ; and, as the succeeding chapters 

 will show, my triumphant successes in the largest 

 cities and before the most exalted personages of 

 the land, demonstrated the justice of that favor- 

 able verdict. . 



