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gentle and lazy in disposition — -just the kind of horse to 

 train easily and not incline to run away. She exhibited 

 him several years at Chemung and other county fairs in 

 that part of the State of New York, attracting much 

 attention with him, yet always having reins on him.''' 



He finally passed out of her hands, and Avas afterward 

 hired by Mr. Rockwell to give exhibitions in halls. This 

 not paying, and finding the horse Avould turn right and left 

 by the whip, he took off the reins and so drove him in the 

 street. To attract attention, he now advertised to drive a 

 stallion in the street without reins, and engaged in teaching 

 horse-taming on the Rarey system. 



Upon seeing this horse thus driven, I at once determined 

 to train the first good horse I could find to drive without 

 reins. Although I failed to learn in this instance how it 

 was done, yet I made up my mind that it had been done 

 once, and it could be done again, and /would do it. Soon 

 after I went to Smithville, Jefferson Co., N. Y., where I 

 found a remarkably fine, four-year old, black stallion, 

 entirely unbroken, owned by 'Squire Cole. He was 

 naturally vicious, but, liking him, I gave all the money I 

 had for him. I now had a wild, unbroken colt, so vicious 

 that it was difficult even to lead him, and certainly the 

 possibility of training such a horse to drive before a 

 carriage safely under any excitement, and with nothing on 

 his head, seemed not only a difficult but a doubtful task. 



I worked three days trying to teach him to turn to the 

 right or left with the whip, but utterly failed ; yet I did 

 not in the remotest degree give up the idea of succeeding. 

 At this point I was impressed as though by inspiration 



*This I learaed when in that part of the State afterward, from various parties, 

 including Mr. Bunnell, husband of the lady, who became a member of my class at 

 Wellsboro. It was also corroborated by Mr. Hurlburt, Mr. RockweU'B brother-in- 

 law, who traveled with him. 



