I2 4 AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 



CHAPTER XI. 



TORONTO "BRITISH ENSIGN" DIPLOMA SILVER TEA SET 

 HAMILTON BELLEVILLE DIPLOMA PICTON. 



WINTER was now drawing nigh, and, as I was 

 desirous to reach Toronto, the Queen City of 

 the Province of Ontario, as soon as possible, I 

 made but a short stay at Brantford and other 

 towns on my way. Arriving at Toronto about 

 the last of November, 1874, I secured possession 

 of the Riding Academy, and fitted it up at con- 

 siderable cost, after which I gave public exhibi- 

 tions, which awakened an increasing interest. I 

 remained there sixty days, my class becoming 

 larger daily, until, at the close of my labors, my 

 register showed the names of nearly thirteen 

 hundred members, many of whom were amongst 

 the most influential citizens of the place. Dur- 

 ing my stay I handled some two hundred horses, 

 each of whom had been addicted to some bad 

 habit. 



