AUTOBIOGRAPHY. I25 



Many members of my class were desirous 

 that I should exhibit the power of my system to 

 educate horses not to fear the steam engine, and, 

 that I might meet their wishes, I procured a 

 steam fire engine, which I caused to be placed in 

 my academy. During my stay there I educated 

 some hundred horses to the perfect satisfaction 

 of their owners, and the evident gratification of 

 my class. Amongst others, I may name as a 

 signal triumph of my system the case of the 

 stallion " British Ensign," owned at Richmond 

 Hill, who, from his vicious habits of long stand- 

 ing, was thought to be incurable, and, as a last 

 resort, I was solicited to handle him. This was 

 at the close of my labors there, and, the day 

 being announced, the members of my class gath- 

 ered in force to witness my last effort in their 

 city. The horse was led into the ring by two 

 men by means of iron rods securely fastened on 

 each side of his mouth. From the account 

 given of this animal, one would almost expect 

 that a man could tame a lion of the desert as 

 easily as him ; but, strange as it may seem, within 



