8o AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 



The address, which was received with loud 

 applause, was, in my absence, responded to by 

 the Member of Congress from Batavia. 



The third testimonial I received was presented 

 on the day of closing my lectures, which had 

 been so regularly attended by the citizens, offi- 

 cials, and members of the foreign legations, who 

 deemed it proper to encourage my enterprise by 

 presenting me with a diploma, engrossed on 

 parchment, over their own signatures, and which 

 was accompanied with a gold medal. The fol- 

 lowing is a copy of the diploma presented by 

 the Washington class, the original of which is 

 now in my possession, on parchment : 



To Prof. O. S. Pratt : 



We, the members of your Washington class, appreciate 

 the value of the very necessary knowledge which you 

 have imparted to us during your sojourn in the national 

 metropolis ; and we are convinced that your method of ed- 

 ucating the horse, and reforming his vicious habits, is the 

 only true system. As a mark of our estimation of the ser- 

 vice rendered us, we beg your acceptance of the accom- 



