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more dangerous and savage than ever." I put 

 into Mr. Cooper's hands $300 to be forfeited if I 

 failed, in not over sixty minutes, to completely sub- 

 due, harness and drive this horse. Mr. Cooper 

 agreed, saying he "knew of no better or easier 

 way of making $300 clean." My father was trav- 

 elling with me at this time, and when he learned 

 what I had done, he refused to have anything to do 

 in the foolhardy, and, in his opinion, impracticable, 

 undertaking. Nothing daunted, and more deter- 

 mined than ever, I hired of Messrs. Doyle, Nichols 

 & Co. their old Race-street Bazaar for one afternoon. 

 Not having money enough to advertise in the papers, 

 I ordered some hand-bills at the Ledger office. While 

 I was reading one of them a gentleman approached 

 and said, "What is all this?" When I explained the 

 business to him, he observed that I ought to call the 

 attention of the public to it through the morning 

 papers. To my reply that I had not the money, he 

 said: " Well, I will do it for you. I am Geo. W. Childs, 

 the proprietor of the Ledger^ He was as good as 

 his word, and came himself in his carriage, which was 

 driven into the building, and in which he sat during 

 the entire lecture. My father was still certain I would 

 not only lose the $300 deposit, but be in debt for the 

 rent of the hall. He kept away until I sent a request 

 that he would assist me in selling tickets; and for one 

 hour at least he and an able assistant had all they 

 could attend to in taking in the money. 



After explaining my method, I commenced on Reso- 

 lute, who was rearing and struggling to free himself 

 from the grasp of four men, and in just thirty minutes 

 I had him so thoroughly under my control that I 

 drove him round the ring without bridle, lines, or 

 bit. I fired a pistol several times, opened and closed 



