6o AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 



great pleasure of enrolling the names of three 

 thousand five hundred of her citizens as mem- 

 bers of my class. 



My stay in Baltimore was especially marked 

 by kindnesses from numerous members of my 

 large class, many of whom it would give me 

 pleasure to name, associated as numbers of them 

 are with pleasant seasons of enjoyment, but lest 

 I should become prolix, I will content myself 

 with saying that most unexpectedly to me my 

 class presented me with a flattering address 

 accompanied by an elegant whip mounted with 

 gold and inlaid with pearl — a gift both beautiful 

 and useful. How it occurred is described by the 

 pen of another as follows : 



How Professor Pratt was Whipped by the Balti- 

 MOREANS. — The Amphitheatre of Prof. Pratt, the Horse Ed- 

 ucator, at the corner of Green and Pratt streets, was crowded 

 on Thursday night, by an appreciative audience, to witness 

 the education of a number of horses. Near the close of the 

 free exhibition, an interruption occurred by a Mr. ]\Iurdock, 

 introducing F. P. Stevens, Esq., a member of the Baltimore 

 Bar, who made the following eloquent and pithy speech, in 

 presenting an elaborate whip to Prof. Pratt : " On behalf of 



