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The Toronto Mail thus speaks : 



HORSE EDUCATION. To-day we place before our readers 

 illustrations of several of the numerous articles, with the 

 text of the numerous addresses, presented to Prof. Pratt, the 

 horse educator. By close observation, an accurate knowl- 

 edge of the construction of the horse and its habits, and above 

 all by a recognition of those sound common-sense principles 

 advanced by the best teachers of the human kind. Mr. Pratt 

 has been enabled to build up a system which for its thor- 

 oughness and adaptability is unexcelled in the present day. 

 That this is not an unwarranted assertion is proved incon- 

 testably by the testimony of the leading horsemen of the 

 United States and Canada, though Mr. Pratt has been but 

 a short time in the Dominion. Wherever he has estab- 

 lished classes, a just tribute has been paid to his great ser- 

 vices both to man and beast. In Baltimore 3,590 pupils 

 surrounded him, and he left with the thanks of the citizens, 

 and was presented with a magnificently mounted whip. 

 Detroit rallied 1,200 members, who gave the Professor a 

 musical box to sweetly play the song of their appreciation. 

 The Washington class of 2,500 members, presented a gold 

 medal,.and that of Philadelphia, of 4,886 members, a gold- 

 headed cane. Toronto has not been behindhand, for, as 

 already announced, the class here made a presentation of a 

 beautiful tea-service and illuminated address. The Toronto 

 class now numbers 1,254 members. 



