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manageable. I now wish to say that Professor Glea- 

 son broke tliis horse (in not more than twenty minutes) 

 in the presence of two hundred witnesses, so that he 

 could be easily driven with the utmost safety. I 

 am happy to say that since that time I have driven 

 tliis horse daily, with the utmost freedom. I therefore 

 again recommend Professor Gleason to any person 

 who has a horse troubled with like faults. And for 

 further particulars any one is at liberty to address 

 me at South Easton, Pa., to whom I will give all in- 

 formation in reference to the above facts. 



"Yours, T. A. Steiner, J. P." 



REACHING SOUTHERN NEW YORK. 



At AUentown, Pa., the expense of lighting up the 

 grounds of the Blue-stocking Base-ball Club was too 

 large for the receipts; but my next venture, at Wilkes- 

 barre, was successful in drawing a full attendance for 

 one week. Again, at the Gentlemen's Driving Park 

 in Scranton, I attracted the largest crowd ever assem- 

 bled on these grounds up to that time, although Buf- 

 falo Bill, with his Wild West Show, has drawn a 

 larger one since. I also did a fair business at 

 Towanda, on the Gentlemen's Driving Park; but at 

 the county fair at Elmira, N, Y., my next stamping- 

 ground, the attractions offered by Buffalo Bill, the 

 fair, three skating rinks, and opera house, were too 

 much for the solid information offered by me; con- 

 sequently, I was obliged to leave this town about two 

 hundred dollars the poorer. At this time I made the 

 acquaintance of William F. Cody, and his manager, 

 John Burke. 



At Corning and at Hornellsville the principal citi- 

 zens joined in a very handsome and complimentary 



