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second appearnnce in Logansport. — Logansport Report- 

 er. 



From Springfield^ Ohio. 



The average person would not tliink that the 

 breaking of colts and training of horses would prove a 

 popular entertainment. Yet Prof. Jesse Beery, of 

 Pleasant Hill, 0., during his two week's stay in this 

 city practically and potently demonstrated that not 

 only professional horsemen, hut all intelligent owners 

 arid lovers of horses are deeply interested in the sub- 

 ject of, breaking, training, and caring for horses, and 

 respond quickly and liberally -to a humane, kindly, 

 and efficient system of horsemanship. 



Prof. Beery organized a large class, including men 

 of all vocations, to whom he imparted his system of 

 horsemanship. But his public exhibitions during the 

 past tAvo weeks deeply and widely aroused popular inter- 

 est, and his tent was nightly crowded with ladies, gentle- 

 men and children, all intently interested in the Profes- 

 sor's work. He first conquers his horse by means of hu- 

 mane and harmless appliances, teaches him that man is 

 the master and that disobedience and viciousness will 

 only hurt Jiim. The Professor's appliances are so con- 

 structed that when the horse becomes ugly and diso- 

 bedient, he pTfTiishes himself. Then when he is obe- 

 dient he is caressed and treated kindly; when he is 

 frightened, he is taught by actual contact that the ob- 

 ject or noise will not hurt him. 



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