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amusing, is given nightly at the tent of Prof. Beery, the 

 liorse trainer, on West Second street. Last evening 

 the enclosure was well filled by the crowd of horse 

 lovers, including a number of ladies and children, who 

 were especially well pleased with the exhibition. Prof. 

 Beer}^ began his work at 8 p. m., giving a three year 

 old colt its second lesson. The animal is a thorough 

 bred, owned by Simon Koontz, and is possessed of 

 great spirit and intelligence. La.st evening he was 

 taught to mind the bit, to keed the commands. Get 

 up, and Whoa, was made to have perfect confidence 

 in his master, and passed out of the ring a fairly well 

 trained animal as far as he had been taken. The 

 Professor's method of procedure appeals at once to the 

 intelligence of the animal. He is given a command, 

 and this command is immediately followed by one or 

 two actions which convey instantly the idea of what is 

 expected. A:> ordinarily intelligent horse, taken at 

 the beginning and trained patiently by this system, 

 will form in his youth habits of obedience which will 

 stay with him, as he will on the other hand, acquire 

 vicious habits, through careless or misdirected train- 

 ing. Trainer Beery makes the lesson interesting and 

 his methods plain in talks as he proceeds with the 

 training school, and the scholars feel themselves amply 

 repaid by the timely hints and suggestions given in 

 the course of the evening. After the colt had been. put 

 through liis course, and had demonstrated the almost 

 human reasoning powers possessed by the horse when 

 approached in a common sense manner, the Professor 



