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advertised and promised, he could demand a return of his 

 money. I was often compelled, on this account, to do 

 more than I advertised, to be sure of satisfying every one. 

 Sometimes, during my early experience, I lost scholars, 

 and occasionally whole classes ; but later on these cases 

 became less frequent, and still later I lost none at all. 



A frequent cause of difficulty was in having no suitable 

 place in which to handle horses, or no suitable subject 

 upon which to illustrate treatment ; or I was limited to the 

 subjection of a particularly obstinate or difficult case, that 

 could give no correct idea of the effect of the treatment 

 upon average cases, thereby making it difficult for people 

 to understand the value of my system. By way of illus- 

 tration, I will refer to two cases in point : — 



"When at Onionta, N. Y., in my last run through the 

 State, I had a large class. The only case brought in for 

 treatment was an extremely bad, kicking mare. This was 

 very embarrassing, on account of inability to illustrate the 

 effect of but one method of treatment, and that on the most 

 difficult subject possible to handle before a class ; and also 

 because they supposed this would represent the effect of 

 the treatment upon horses generally. While no one found 

 fault, I felt there was not that impression of satisfaction 

 and interest usually manifested. At Milford, two days 

 later, a member of the class referred to told me privately 

 that one of his neighbors was decidedly dissatisfied, and 

 felt that the book was really all he had received for his 

 money. The man offered him $2.50 for it, but $3.00 was 

 the lowest price he would take. 



During the evening, a four-year-old colt, one that had 

 never been haltered, entirely unbroken and wild, was by 

 chance up near the house, when the thought struck him to 

 see what he could do with it. In ten minutes he had the 

 colt gentle to handle, and following him in any manner, 



